Section 791.2220. Business hours of facilities; tours; visits.

Rule 220. (1) The normal business hours of department  facilities  shall be from 8

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

(2)   Persons desiring to conduct business in a particular facility during nonbusiness hours shall request permission from the head of the  facility.

(3)     Professionals and college students in the areas of criminal  justice  and corrections may request permission to tour a particular facility from the head of that facility.

(4)   Persons who wish to visit a departmental facility, but who do not meet the criteria of subrule (2) or (3)  of this  rule,  shall  request permission from the director.

(5)    The department shall establish reasonable policies  regarding   news media visits to department facilities.

(6)   Visits during disturbances may be permitted only with prior approval from the warden.

(7)     All visitors inside the  security  perimeter  of  any   facility classified above level I shall be escorted by facility staff.

(8)     Visits with prisoners are governed by the provisions of R 791.6607, R 791.6609, R 791.6611, and R 791.6614.

(9)   Notwithstanding the provisions of subrule (2), (6), or (7) of  this rule, staff of the office of the legislative corrections ombudsman shall have access to all facilities under the control of the department as set forth in Act No. 46 of the Public Acts of 1975, as amended,  being  S4.351 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1979 AC; 1993 AACS.