What Happens During Your Two-Hour Visit at Joe Ney State Jail
Two hours goes fast, especially if you're not sure when the clock actually starts or what kind of contact is allowed. Here's what to expect during a visit at Joe Ney State Jail so you can make the most of your time.
Joe Ney State Jail holds unit visiting hours on Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. That's the overall window when visits happen, even though your personal visit time is shorter.
Each regular visit lasts two hours. So while the visiting room is open most of the day on weekends, you're planning around a single two-hour block with your loved one.
Your two-hour clock starts when both you and the inmate are present in the visiting area. It doesn't start just because you arrived at the unit or checked in early. If there's a delay bringing your loved one out, your visit time begins only once you're actually together.
- ✓ Arrive early so you are ready when you are called into the visiting area.
- ✓ Bring whatever identification and paperwork you are required to present for entry.
- ✓ Stay available in the designated waiting or visiting area so you do not miss the point when you are both present.
- ✓ If you can, coordinate ahead of time so your loved one knows you are coming and is ready to report when called.
During contact visits, physical contact follows specific rules. You can share one embrace at the beginning and one at the end. Kissing works the same way: one kiss at the start, one at the end.
Hands rule (contact visits): Holding hands is allowed only if your hands stay on top of the table and in full view of staff.
All visits (except attorney-client visits) may be electronically monitored. Assume staff can listen and watch. Keep your conversation and behavior appropriate for a monitored setting.
Two things tend to eat into the time you expected. First, the two-hour period doesn't begin until both you and the inmate are present, so delays on either side shrink your actual visit. Second, because visits (other than attorney-client visits) may be electronically monitored, staff can step in quickly if there's a problem or if you need to correct something during the visit.
- ✓ You are not both present yet, so the two-hour clock has not started.
- ✓ You leave the waiting or visiting area and miss the moment you are called together.
- ✓ You ignore staff directions in a visit that may be electronically monitored.
- ✓ Physical contact goes beyond what is allowed for contact visits (for example, hands not kept on top of the table).
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