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Procedure for visiting prisoners in Michigan

Apr 12, 2016 21:22

Setting: Detroit, MI, present day ( Read more... )

Comments 18

Part One reynardo April 13 2016, 04:07:57 UTC

Here's your basic info. It seems a bit tougher than Pennsylvania, but I'll tell you what it was like visiting a friend in SCI Benner Township (PA State Prison) last year ( ... )

Re: Part One reynardo April 13 2016, 04:08:07 UTC

If he needed to use the bathroom while he was there, he would have to go out through the door, strip again, get searched again, use the bathroom, get re-searched, re-dressed then come back. For us, there were bathrooms at the side of the big room that needed to be unlocked.

Now. The play areas. That was for the inmates to play with and connect with their children when the kids came to visit. And the sight I will take away with me and smile at forever was this inmate coming in, heading to present his ID at the desk, and a voice going "DADDY DADDY DADDY" as a roughly 4-year-old kid THREW themselves at their father in the most joyous and glorious way possible. You cannot tell me that those visits were not the highlight of both kid's and dad's week.

Not sure what it's like in a Michigan one, but hopefully not too different.

Here's some info by a bunch of people helping first-timer visitors, and this is a forum (with a lot of repeated questions).

Good luck!

RE: Re: Part One franztastisch April 13 2016, 10:27:00 UTC

This is brilliant. Thank you so much. <3

Re: Part One thistle_chaser April 13 2016, 14:30:26 UTC

I'm not the OP, but that was a really interesting read. Thanks for writing it up!

brandywine28 April 13 2016, 05:40:03 UTC

I've only ever visited a prisoner in the New York City area, but based on what I remember ( ... )

franztastisch April 13 2016, 10:27:30 UTC

This is great, thanks. :D

anonymous April 13 2016, 15:31:20 UTC

Just wanted to say, if you need any help with the little details about the Detroit area, please feel free to let me know, I live here = D

franztastisch April 14 2016, 11:33:04 UTC

Well, my story isn't set there so I won't need all that much info, but I'll definitely hit you up if I think of anything. Thanks!

tpeej April 13 2016, 16:41:38 UTC

I went and visited a friend in prison in WI. There you have to first fill out paperwork. Once you are OKed to be on the visitors !ist. Once you are at the prison, you have to show youre ID and then you are given a tonken to lock your purse,wallet ect in. Then you go through the metal dector, my bra also set off the metal dector. I had to take it off and they made put it in plastic bag and I was able to carry it to thevisitors room(I went into bathroom and put it back on). They stamp your hand with that you see with a blacklight. You have to show it to get back out.

You get two hours with the prisoner. You can kiss and hug at the begining and end. Holding hands was fine. If you went outside in the smoking, the prisoner went through a strjp search at the end.

You could take in 25 pictures, ten dollars in quarters, but these had to be baggies. The prisoners couldn't touch the money. You could drop money for the prisoner in an envelope out in the area where you came in at.

franztastisch April 14 2016, 11:33:55 UTC

Ooh the blacklight thing is interesting. Thanks. :)

tpeej April 15 2016, 00:12:09 UTC

I hope I was helpful.

franztastisch April 17 2016, 16:47:38 UTC

Great, thanks. <3

scribefigaro April 14 2016, 03:31:01 UTC

Jail or prison? They mean different things in the US ( ... )