MDOC Employee Handbook - Michigan Corrections Organization

26. ENTRY INTO A FACILITYEmployees shall not visit non-public areas of a facilitywhere offenders are housed for non-work related purposeswithout prior approval of the Warden,appropriate Administrator, or designee. Off-dutyemployees are required to receive permission to enteror be present at any secure area of a facility.Employees visiting any facility where offenders arehoused shall sign the facility visitor’s log.An employee may visit an offender only if thatoffender is an immediate family member and is housedat a facility other than where the employee works. Forpurposes of this rule “immediate family member” isdefined as grandparent, parent, stepparent, spouse,mother-in-law, father-in-law, child, stepchild, grandchild,sibling, stepbrother and stepsister. An aunt anduncle may be included if adequate verification isprovided that they served as a surrogate parent.Visitation at an institution shall take place inaccordance with PD 05.03.140 “Prisoner Visiting.”Visiting an immediate family member who is anoffender housed in a facility requires prior permissionof both the appointing authority where the offender ishoused and the employee’s appointing authority.Visiting an immediate family member who is anoffender housed in a jail and under Departmentsupervision or jurisdiction requires prior writtenapproval from the employee’s appointing authority,and an approved “Offender Contact ExceptionRequest” form (CAJ-202) on file. If the immediatefamily member is not under Department supervision orjurisdiction, prior written approval is not required.30