What to Wear (and What Not to Wear) for a Visit at Kenosha Pretrial Facility
Kenosha Pretrial Facility can cut your visit short if your clothing doesn't meet their dress code. Here's what to wear — and what to avoid — so you don't get turned away at the door.
You're responsible for your children and their behavior during visits. You're also responsible for dressing appropriately. Sheriff's Department staff have final say on what counts as proper attire - if they decide your outfit doesn't pass, they can end your visit.
Female Rules
- ✓ Shorts must cover the buttocks and crotch area both when you’re standing and when you’re sitting, and they must be no higher than mid-thigh.
- ✓ Short-shorts, jogging shorts, cut-offs, and other obviously inappropriate short garments are not allowed.
Wearing a skirt or dress? Check the length while sitting, not just standing. Kenosha Pretrial Facility requires skirts and dresses to reach mid-thigh when you're seated. Any slit can't go higher than mid-thigh while seated either.
Leave sheer or see-through clothing at home. It's prohibited for female visitors age 12 and older.
- ✓ Your top must be no lower than the underarm in the front and back.
- ✓ Bare midriffs are not allowed.
- ✓ Strapless tops, tube tops, and swimsuits are not allowed.
- ✓ Shoes must be worn at all times.
- ✓ Gang “colors” and other gang displays are prohibited.
Male Rules
- ✓ Shorts must cover the buttocks and crotch area both when standing and sitting, and they must be no higher than mid-thigh.
- ✓ Short-shorts, jogging shorts, cut-offs, and other obviously inappropriate short garments are prohibited.
- ✓ A shirt must be worn at all times.
- ✓ Muscle shirts, bare midriff shirts, and sleeveless shirts are prohibited.
- ✓ Shoes must be worn at all times.
- ✓ Gang “colors” and other gang displays are prohibited.
- Do a quick “sit-down” check at home - shorts have to cover the buttocks and crotch when standing and sitting, and they can’t be higher than mid-thigh.
- Avoid the common problem shorts - don’t wear short-shorts, jogging shorts, cut-offs, or anything that reads as an obviously inappropriate short garment.
- If you’re wearing a skirt or dress, test it seated - it must reach mid-thigh when seated, and any slit can’t rise above mid-thigh when seated.
- Skip anything sheer - see-through clothing is prohibited.
- Choose a top that meets coverage rules - for female visitors, the top can’t be lower than the underarm in the front and back, and bare midriffs, strapless/tube tops, and swimsuits are not allowed. For male visitors, shirts must be worn at all times, and muscle shirts, bare-midriff shirts, and sleeveless shirts are prohibited.
- Wear shoes - shoes are required at all times.
- Keep gang-related displays out of your outfit - gang “colors” and other gang displays are prohibited.
- Plan for strict enforcement - Sheriff’s Department personnel decide what’s appropriate, and if your clothing is considered inappropriate, the visit can be terminated.
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