What You Can't Bring to Elayn Hunt (including rules for prescription medication)
Heading to Elayn Hunt Correctional Center for a visit? Keep what you carry simple. The fastest way to get turned away is showing up with electronics or bringing medication without declaring it at the visiting desk.
Elayn Hunt follows Louisiana DOC contraband rules - and they're strict about anything telecommunications-related. If it can communicate, store data, record audio or video, or power those devices, leave it in the car.
- ✓ Cellular phones
- ✓ Pagers
- ✓ Beepers
- ✓ Global satellite system equipment (GPS/satellite devices)
- ✓ SIM cards
- ✓ Portable memory chips
- ✓ Batteries
- ✓ Chargers
- ✓ Cameras or recording devices
Medication has its own set of rules. Only prescribed medication that's life-saving or life-sustaining may be permitted during visitation. Bring just enough for the length of your visit, and tell staff at the visiting desk during check-in that you have it with you.
- ✓ Bring only prescribed medication that is life-saving or life-sustaining
- ✓ Carry no more than the quantity you’ll need for the duration of the visit
- ✓ Advise institutional staff at the visiting desk at check-in that you’re in possession of medication
Heads up: Show up with medication that doesn't meet the rules - or forget to disclose it at the desk - and you risk being treated like you brought contraband. That means losing your visit.
Prohibited items can end your visit before it starts. Phones, SIM cards, memory chips, chargers, batteries, cameras, and recording devices are all considered contraband. Staff will refuse entry or stop the visit if they find them during screening.
Medication reminder: Declare your prescribed, life-saving or life-sustaining medication at the visiting desk and keep the amount limited to your visit. Those two steps help you avoid problems at the gate.
Think you have a special circumstance? Handle it before you drive out. Don't show up hoping for an exception at the door - call ahead and get clear guidance from staff.
For visitation questions at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, call (225) 319-4559 or (225) 319-4364. The listed hours for contacting the facility are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- ✓ “I have prescribed medication - does it qualify as life-saving or life-sustaining for visitation?”
- ✓ “How much can I bring if it’s needed during the visit?”
- ✓ “Where and when do you want me to declare it at check-in?”
- ✓ “If I’m unsure whether an item counts as telecommunications equipment or a component, can you confirm before I arrive?”
A little prep saves a lot of stress. Most problems come from carrying electronics without thinking or bringing medication without declaring it properly.
- ✓ Leave phones, cameras/recording devices, and anything that looks like telecom equipment or components (SIM cards, memory chips, batteries, chargers) at home or locked in your vehicle
- ✓ If you need prescribed, life-saving or life-sustaining medication, bring only what you need for the visit and declare it at the visiting desk during check-in
- ✓ If you’re not sure whether something will be allowed, call Elayn Hunt at (225) 319-4559 or (225) 319-4364 during the listed Monday–Friday, 7 a.m.–5 p.m. hours before you go
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