What to Wear (and What Not to Wear) When Visiting Nassau County Correctional Center

Nassau County Correctional Center bans orange, green, and yellow clothing on facility grounds. Skip these colors entirely - shirts, pants, jackets, all of it. Show up wearing any of them, and you'll have problems at the door.

The color restriction is listed alongside the facility's contraband rules, and staff treat it like any other entry requirement. Wear orange, green, or yellow? You're looking at a delay - or getting turned away entirely - before you ever reach the visiting room.

Clothing issues also eat into your time, and timing is tight. The facility asks visitors to arrive 15 minutes early, and they mean it - miss your check-in window, and you forfeit your visit. If there's any doubt about your outfit, sort it out before you leave home. You don't want to be scrambling in the parking lot.

Practical Tips

• ✓ Do not wear orange clothing on the facility grounds.
• ✓ Do not wear green clothing on the facility grounds.
• ✓ Do not wear yellow clothing on the facility grounds.
• ✓ If you’re unsure whether something “counts” as one of those colors, pick a different outfit.
• ✓ Keep it simple and low-key so your clothing doesn’t become the reason your visit gets delayed.

1. Confirm you’re within the check-in time - The facility advises arriving 15 minutes early, and if you miss the check-in times you will forfeit your visit.
2. Decide fast whether you can change and still make check-in - If clothing is the issue, the clock is the bigger problem; missing check-in ends the visit for that session.

Not sure if something's allowed? Call the facility's general information line at (516) 572-4200. A quick phone call can save you a wasted trip.