Official Pennsylvania DOC plain-language guide to visiting someone at a state correctional institution. Covers the approved visitor list, the full lists of acceptable photo and non-photo identification, permitted and prohibited items, a detailed dress code, the face-veil accommodation procedure, rules for visiting with infants including up to three unopened vacuum-sealed containers of baby food per infant and children five and under sitting on a lap, the categories of people prohibited from visiting, and religious and spiritual advisor visits.
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