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Visiting someone in special management or on disciplinary status at North Fork: limits families should expect

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Visiting someone in special management or on disciplinary status at North Fork: limits families should expect

Visit rules at North Fork change significantly when someone is in Special Management (Administrative Status) or serving disciplinary status (

If your loved one is in Special Management on administrative status, visits are limited and structured. The rule is straightforward: one hour of non-contact visiting per week. You'll be separated by a barrier rather than sitting together in an open contact area, and that one-hour window is all you get.

  • ✓ Mother
  • ✓ Father
  • ✓ Spouse
  • ✓ Legal (attorney)
  • ✓ Clergy

Disciplinary status (

Legal visits work differently than social visits. Even when someone on DU time can't have regular visitation, attorney visits are still allowed. For those in administrative special management, attorneys are also on the short list of approved visitors for that weekly non-contact slot.

Clergy visits may be allowed too, but clergy status isn't automatic. North Fork requires religious leaders to provide documentation from their religious organization before they can provide services or visit.

Note: Even when clergy visits are permitted (including as an exception during DU time), the facility expects documentation showing the person is designated by their religious organization.

Visiting someone in special management or on disciplinary status at North Fork: limits families should expect
  1. Confirm the person’s current status - Ask whether they’re in Special Management (Administrative Status) or serving DU time, because the visit limits are different.
  2. Set expectations around what’s allowed - Administrative special management is limited to one one-hour non-contact visit per week, and only mother, father, spouse, legal (attorney), and clergy are included.
  3. If you need an exception visit, line up the right visitor category - Attorney and clergy visits are the exceptions during DU time, and clergy should be ready to provide documentation from their religious organization to the facility.

Tip: Before making plans, confirm whether you'd be scheduling a non-contact weekly visit (administrative special management) or an attorney/clergy exception (DU time). Don't show up expecting a regular family visit.

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