What Happens If You Break a Visiting Rule at Crowley: Suspensions and Systemwide Bans Explained

Staff at Crowley can cancel or end a scheduled visit if you don't follow conduct policies or the dress code. Sometimes the visit never starts. Other times, it ends the moment an issue comes up. One of the most common triggers? Bringing prohibited items into the visiting area. Books, pagers, cell phones, watches, tablets, cameras, cosmetics, tobacco, and vaping devices are all off-limits. If you're not sure whether something counts as prohibited, leave it in your car or at home. Even a "small" rule issue can cost you that day's visit.

When a visit is terminated for a violation, the consequences don't always end there. After an administrative review, you may be suspended from visiting. Typical suspension lengths: 30 days for a first violation, 90 days for a second, and one year for a third. Repeat problems bring longer time-outs. If you've already been warned, treat your next visit like there's zero room for error - the timeline can jump from a month to a year fast.

Contraband is where consequences get severe fast. Introducing contraband is grounds for permanent suspension of in-person and/or contact visitation. "Permanent" means exactly that - don't expect to get those visits back. This is one of the clearest lines in the rules: anything treated as contraband can end your ability to visit in person at Crowley for good.

Here's something many families don't realize until it's too late: visiting consequences follow you beyond Crowley. If you're denied entry, your visit is terminated, or you're suspended or revoked at one Colorado DOC facility, that action automatically applies across all DOC facilities. Even if your loved one transfers later - or you visit someone at a different DOC location - a suspension or revocation can still block you. If you want to protect your ability to stay connected, treat every visit like it counts systemwide. Because it does.