What You Can and Can’t Bring to Raymond Laborde Visits — Including Infant Supplies
Pack light to breeze through check-in. Use the lists below to leave contraband at home and bring only the infant items that are allowed—in the right amounts.
Telecommunications equipment and related hardware are contraband at Raymond Laborde visits. This includes items people often forget count as "electronics" - SIM cards, portable memory chips, batteries, chargers, cameras, and recording devices. If it communicates, stores data, or records, assume it's not allowed in the visiting area.
- ✓ Cellular phones
- ✓ Pagers
- ✓ Beepers
- ✓ SIM cards
- ✓ Portable memory chips
- ✓ Batteries
- ✓ Chargers
- ✓ Cameras
- ✓ Recording devices
Warning: Leave these items at home. Show up with contraband electronics and you'll be stopped at the door - the item may be confiscated.
Other Prohibited Items
- ✓ Drugs
- ✓ Alcohol
- ✓ Tobacco
- ✓ Cameras, video equipment, or audio recording equipment
Do a quick pocket-and-bag check before heading inside. Leave anything questionable in your vehicle. The safest approach: carry only what you truly need, since everything you bring can be searched.
Bringing an infant? You're allowed a short, specific list of baby supplies - and quantities matter. Pack only what's permitted so you don't get turned away for having extras. Keep it simple, stay within the limits, and expect baby items to be searched.
- ✓ Diapers (maximum 4)
- ✓ Vacuum-sealed baby food (up to 2 jars)
- ✓ Plastic bottles of milk or juice (up to 2 bottles)
- ✓ One change of infant clothing
- ✓ One baby blanket (maximum width and length not to exceed 48 inches)
- ✓ One clear plastic bag of baby wipes
Note: Limits are strict - no more than four diapers, two jars of vacuum-sealed baby food, and two plastic bottles of milk or juice. Overpacking means delays at the desk.
You can't hand money directly to someone during a visit. Want to help with commissary or other account needs? Use the approved deposit system instead of bringing cash to pass along.
- Don’t bring cash to give to them - visitors are not allowed to give money directly to an incarcerated person.
- Use JPAY by mail - deposits can be made through U.S. mail.
- Use JPAY online - deposits can be made over the internet.
- Use JPAY by phone - deposits can be made by telephone.
- Use the facility kiosk - deposits can be made at kiosks located at the correctional facility.
- Use MoneyGram - deposits can be made at MoneyGram locations.
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