What You Can and Can't Wear During a Video Visit (And Why Your Visit Might Get Cut Off)
Video visits can end fast if staff think you're breaking a rule. Here's how the dress code works at Montgomery Pretrial Detention Facility, what triggers an immediate cutoff, and what happens if problems keep occurring.
The facility requires visitors to be
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- ✓ Taking pictures (screenshots), recording, live streaming, or rebroadcasting the visit on any platform (the visit can be terminated if it’s discovered)
- ✓ Displaying any secondary cellular phone, tablet, or PC
- ✓ Broadcasting television, music, or web-based platforms during the visit
- ✓ Poor visibility or lighting
- ✓ Your face not being visible on camera
- ✓ Not being fully clothed
- ✓ Operating or sitting in a motor vehicle during the visit
- ✓ If your visit stops unexpectedly, it’s usually treated as a rules violation - and “this is the only warning.”
- ✓ Not being fully dressed
- ✓ Using a towel, sheet, or blanket to conceal the tablet
- ✓ Face not visible on camera
- ✓ More than one inmate in a single visit
Suspensions escalate based on what happened and whether it's a repeat offense. For violations like sitting in a vehicle during your visit, poor lighting, your face not being visible on camera, or not being fully clothed - repeated offenses can result in a seven-day suspension. Other violations carry steeper penalties. Displaying a secondary phone, tablet, or PC; broadcasting TV, music, or web content; or showing large amounts of cash, drugs, knives, guns, or other weapons leads to a 15-day suspension on the first offense, 30 days on the second, and 90 days on the third.
Warning: Taking pictures (screenshots), recording, live streaming, rebroadcasting, or creating multiple accounts to get around a suspension triggers an automatic one-year suspension on the first offense.
- Treat a sudden cutoff as a rule violation - if the visit stops unexpectedly, the facility says it most likely means someone violated the rules, and it may be the only warning you get.
- Check the most common fixable issues first - poor visibility/lighting, your face not visible on camera, not being fully clothed, or being in/operating a motor vehicle are all problems the facility flags.
- Correct the issue before you try again - repeated problems in these categories can lead to a seven-day suspension for the visitor, so get your setup (and clothing) right before rescheduling.
Certain actions trigger an immediate one-year suspension - taking screenshots, recording, live streaming, rebroadcasting, or creating multiple accounts to get around a previous suspension. After serving a one-year suspension, you'll need to request reinstatement in writing to the Technology & Compliance Unit before your video visitation privileges are restored.
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