Richmond County Jail Video Visit Rules: What Will Get Your Visit Ended or Your Account Blocked
Video visits at Richmond County Jail can end in seconds if you break a rule. Here's what can get your visit cut short, your account blocked, or the inmate's visitation privileges suspended.
Richmond County Jail treats video visitation rules as enforceable conditions - not suggestions. Break a policy and the jail can terminate your visit immediately, block your account, suspend an inmate's visitation privileges, or ban you from visiting any inmate at Richmond County Jail. Even remote visits from home fall under the jail's authority. The Sheriff or Jail Administrator can end, cancel, suspend, or deny any visit for cause related to facility safety and security.
Trying to pass messages between inmates is one of the fastest ways to get your visit terminated. Richmond County Jail strictly prohibits unauthorized communication between inmates during visits. The inmate you select when scheduling is the only one allowed on that call. And if a judge has issued a no-contact order between you and the inmate, don't schedule a visit at all. Attempting one anyway can result in enforcement action, including immediate termination.
- ✓ Drugs
- ✓ Drug paraphernalia
- ✓ Guns
- ✓ Violent imagery
- ✓ Gang-related clothing or symbols
- ✓ Pornographic images
- ✓ Nudity (of any kind)
Don't take your video visit while driving. No "quick call" behind the wheel, no sitting at a stoplight, no riding around with the camera on. If you're operating a motor vehicle, the visit can be ended.
Don't stream, record, or take pictures of your video visit. Richmond County prohibits recording devices of any kind in the Richmond County Detention Center without prior approval from the Jail Administrator. If your setup involves recording equipment, assume it's not allowed unless you've already gotten explicit approval. Account sharing is another fast track to trouble. Never let a blocked visitor use your login - even "just this once." Helping someone bypass a block puts your own account at risk.
If you get a warning: Obey it. Arguing or complaining won’t change the policy, and it can cost you the rest of the visit.
Practical Tips
- ✓ Keep everyone who is participating fully in view of the camera for the entire visit.
- ✓ Do not allow children to be in view of the camera unless they are completely dressed.
- ✓ Do not allow blocked visitors to use your account.
- ✓ Do not stream the visit.
- ✓ Do not record the visit.
- ✓ Do not take pictures of the visit.
- Keep the visit from becoming inmate-to-inmate communication - don’t relay messages or try to connect information between inmates during your call.
- Scan what the camera can see - remove or avoid anything involving drugs, drug paraphernalia, guns, violent imagery, gang-related clothing/symbols, pornographic images, or nudity.
- Park first - do not operate a motor vehicle while you’re participating in the visit.
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