What You Can and Cannot Bring Into Oneida County Jail's Visiting Room
Visiting Oneida County Jail? Pack light. The visiting area has strict rules about what you can bring in, and prohibited items can get you arrested.
You can only bring a few things into the visitation area: your clothing, a wedding band, prescription eyewear, and a medical alert bracelet. That's it. Everything else stays behind.
Empty your pockets completely before you go in. Oneida County Jail only allows clothing, a wedding band, prescription eyewear, and a medical alert bracelet in the visitation area.
- ✓ Lock removed items in your vehicle
- ✓ Use the coin-operated lockers (non-refundable 75-cent deposit)
Heads up: Anything you leave in the lobby is at your own risk. Officers won't be responsible for your belongings.
Prohibited and Consequences
- ✓ Weapons
- ✓ Money
- ✓ Drugs
- ✓ Pens
- ✓ Cell phones
- ✓ Pagers
- ✓ Similar items
Bringing prohibited items into the visitation area can get you arrested and charged with "Promoting Prison Contraband." The same goes for passing anything unauthorized to an inmate - including tobacco. Violators will be arrested and prosecuted.
Don't bring anything to hand to your loved one. Photographs, letters, mail, and other objects aren't allowed in the visiting room.
- Send mail through the Secure/Digital Mail Center - All inmate mail must be sent there for processing.
- Use the facility’s required address format exactly - If the required format isn’t used, the mail will be refused by the US Postal Service and returned to the sender.
- Double-check your envelope before you mail it - A small formatting mistake can mean the letter never makes it through.
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