What You Can (and Can't) Bring to an IDOC Visiting Room
IDOC visiting rooms have strict rules about what comes through the door. Pack light, bring the right ID, and use the checklists below to avoid delays or getting turned away.
Quick Prohibited
- ✓ Electronic devices (including cell phones, tablets, and smart watches)
- ✓ Food, drinks, and smoking materials
- ✓ Purses and bags
- ✓ Books and magazines
- ✓ Sunglasses
- ✓ Currency (cash)
- ✓ Packages
- ✓ Personal keys
Reminder: Leave prohibited items at home or secured in your vehicle so you don’t lose time at check-in or risk having your visit denied.
You can't bring pills or medications into the visiting room. If you normally carry something "just in case," plan ahead - most of it needs to stay in your car.
Two exceptions: physician-prescribed heart medication and a physician-prescribed asthma inhaler. Heart medication must be in a properly labeled container.
Tip: Bring allowed medication in its original, properly labeled container and tell staff about it during check-in so it doesn’t become a problem at screening.
Every adult visitor needs two forms of ID. One must be a current, state-issued photo ID.
You'll also need to provide vehicle information. Before you get in line, have the details ready for the car you arrived in.
- ✓ Bring two forms of ID (one must be a current state-issued photo ID)
- ✓ Have your vehicle information ready to provide at check-in
What you wear matters. Dress appropriately for a prison environment - staff can deny your visit if your clothing doesn't meet the standard.
- ✓ Clothing that advertises or suggests Security Threat Group (gang/STG) affiliation or other illegal activity (for example: gang-related symbols, slogans, or “crime-themed” messaging)
- ✓ Clothing that is sexually explicit, offensive, or degrading (for example: explicit graphics or profanity)
- ✓ Clothing that reveals the buttocks or breasts (for example: overly revealing tops or bottoms)
- Empty your pockets and leave extras behind - Keep electronics, cash, keys, bags, reading materials, sunglasses, food/drink, smoking materials, and packages out of the Visiting Room.
- Handle medications the IDOC way - Don’t bring pills or medications unless it’s physician-prescribed heart medication or a physician-prescribed inhaler.
- Pack heart medication correctly - If you must bring it, keep it in a properly labeled container.
- Bring the right identification - Have two forms of ID ready, including a current state-issued photo ID.
- Have vehicle information ready - Be prepared to provide it during check-in.
- Dress conservatively - Avoid clothing tied to STG/illegal activity, anything sexually explicit/offensive/degrading, or anything that reveals buttocks or breasts.
Bottom line: Prohibited items or clothing that exposes buttocks or breasts can get you delayed at the door - or denied entry altogether.
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