Visitor Misconduct Violations. What You should know
Posted by Wilson's for Informational Purposes Only on Nov 17th 2025
Visitor Suspensions
Visitor sanctions apply at all DOCCS correctional facilities and for all incarcerated individuals receiving visits. If a visit is terminated, visiting privileges may be suspended for up to one week until the Superintendent makes a decision reinstating, limiting, suspending, or indefinitely suspending the visitor’s visiting privileges.
Many categories of serious visitor misconduct now include imposing an "Indefinite Suspension" of visiting privileges as the maximum penalty. An indefinite suspension of visiting privileges has no predetermined end date but, instead, the visitor may request that the Superintendent of the facility housing the incarcerated individual to be visited review the matter on an annual basis for possible restoration of visiting privileges. Read more here