3503 - Rights of official visitors. - Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 3503. Rights of official visitors. (a) Visiting hours.--A person designated by law to be an official visitor of a correctional institution may enter and visit any correctional institution on any and every day, including Sundays, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and at such other times with the special permission of the chief administrator. (b) Confirmation of role.--All powers, functions and privileges granted to official visitors of correctional institutions under prior law are hereby confirmed. No official visitor shall have the right or power to give or deliver to an inmate during such visit any chattel or object whatsoever, except objects and articles of religious or moral instruction or use. (c) Effect of violation.-- (1) If an official visitor violates any provision of this section, a chief administrator may apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein the correctional institution is situated for a rule upon the official visitor to show cause why he should not be deprived of his office. (2) Upon proof to the satisfaction of the court, the court shall enter a decree against the official visitor depriving him of all rights, privileges and functions of an official visitor.