Alabama Prison (DOC) Arrest Records for Inmate ANTHONY EDWARD HILL

250 S McDonough St
Montgomery, AL 36104

I. GENERAL

This Alabama Department of Correction (ADOC) Administrative Regulation (AR) establishes the responsibilities, polices, and procedures for institutional visitation.

II. POLICY

It is the policy of the ADOC to afford visitors access to an institution in accordance with this regulation.

III. DEFINITION(S) AND ACRONYM(S)

A. Attorney: A person trained in the law, admitted to practice before the bar of the given jurisdiction, and authorized to advise and represent other persons in legal proceedings. 1 B. Barred Visitor: A person that is permanently restricted from entering the institution. C. Black-light Procedure: Ultraviolent reflective ink used in conjunction with a black-light to indicate visitors approved to exit the institution. D. Child: A person under the age of nineteen (19) years of age. E. Common-Law Wife or Husband: 2 1. The elements of a common-law spouse are: a. Capacity (age, sanity, not married to anyone else, etc.) 1 Dictionary of Criminal Justice Terms, American Correctional Association (ACA), 1998, pg 8. 2 ADOC AR 405, Inmate Emergency Visit, Pass, and Leave Program, August 4, 2009. ROBERT BENTLEY GOVERNOR KIM T. THOMAS COMMISSIONER 2 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 b. Present agreement of consent to be husband and wife. c. Consummation. “When the parties live in a manner intended to bring about public recognition of their relationship as husband and wife.” 3 2. Some factors to consider are: a. The parties file tax returns as married. b. The parties cohabited. c. The parties consider themselves married, use the same name, wear wedding rings, have joint accounts, and refer to each other as husband and wife. d. A common law marriage is the same legally as a statutory or ceremonial marriage. e. A common law marriage can be dissolved only by annulment, divorce in court, or death. F. Contraband: Any item not authorized by law, ADOC Administrative Regulations, institutional policy, or approved by the Warden or Division Director. G. Denial: The refusal of a person to enter the institution. H. Identification Card: Documentation used to establish the identity of an individual, such as, government issued photograph identification; i.e. a valid state issued driver’s license, a state issued non-drivers identification card, military (member or dependent) issued identification card, and immigration/naturalization identification card. I. Immediate Family: For the purpose of this regulation, this includes: mother, father, stepparents, foster parents, husband, wife, children, stepchildren, grandchildren, brother, sister, grandmother, grandfather, halfsiblings, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, and father-in-law as documented in the inmate database. J. Legal Assistant: A legal agent of the attorney as attested to by written authorization on the attorney’s letterhead signed by the attorney (i.e. paralegals, law clerks, investigators, psychologists, psychiatrists, mitigation specialists, and/or social workers). 3 http://legaldictionary.thefreedictionay.com’consummate. 3 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 K. Legal Guardian: One who has or is entitled to the custody of the person or property (or both) of an underage person, mental incompetent person, or other persons legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs. 4 L. Minor Child: Visitor, under nineteen (19) years of age, who is the immediate family member of an inmate to include biological children and grandchildren. Adopted and step-children qualify if the relationship existed prior to incarceration and can be verified. M. Official Visitor: An individual from a governmental agency (i.e. Governor, Legislator, Judge, high-ranking Law Enforcement Official), ADOC Central Office and/or Division employees conducting business at the institution. O. Special Inmate Visit: A visit approved by the Warden, or his/her designee, with an immediate family member during a time other than an inmate’s scheduled visitation period. P Suspension: The removal of a person’s visitation privilege for a designated period of time. Q. Termination: The immediate removal of a person from the institution. R. Vendor: A company or business that provides services to the institution. S. Visitor: A person who has been granted permission to enter the institution. 1. Active (approved) Visitor: One of eight (8) persons approved on an inmates application form to visit. 2. Inactive (ineligible) Visitor: A person that is eligible to be placed on an inmate’s visitation list but not on his/her current active visitation list. T. Visitation Module: A systematically arranged collection of information pertaining to visitors to the institution that is stored digitally for subsequent retrieval and reporting. U. Visitation Officer: Correctional personnel designated to oversee the institutional visitation process.

IV. RESPONSIBILITIES

A. The Associate Commissioner of Operations shall be responsible for the visitation policy to include barring visitors. 4 Dictionary of Criminal Justice Terms, American Correctional Association (ACA), 1998, pg 48. 4 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 B. The Warden / Division Director / designee is responsible for: 1. The development of their institutional / divisional Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), as necessary, for the implementation of AR 303, Visitation. 2. Approving and ensuring that the Visitor’s, Official Visitor’s, Attorney’s, or Legal Assistant’s information is entered into the Visitation Module. 3. Ensuring that the Visitor’s or Official Visitor’s information is entered into the inmate database. C. The Visitation Officer is responsible entering visitor data regarding the immediate family members into the inmate database and Visitation Module. D. All ADOC employees shall be responsible for complying with the guidelines set forth in this regulation. E. Inmates shall be responsible for compliance and notification to their prospective visitor(s) of the requirements of this regulation.

V. PROCEDURES

A. Guidelines: 1. Rules pertaining to visitation hours, dress, and procedures shall be posted in clear view and will be available upon request for approved visitors. See Annex A, Orientation Guidelines For Visitors and Inmates. 2. Visitation rules, policies, forms, and changes will be posted in the law library and noted in the institutional orientation packet. In addition the Visitation policies may be posted on bulletin boards and institutional newsletter. 3. All visitors initially shall be visually identified against a photoidentification card issued by a federal, state, county, or city governmental agency. a. The following information shall be collected: full name, physical address (no Post Office Boxes will be accepted), city, state, date of birth (DOB), state driver’s license number, and phone numbers. b. Visitors fifteen (15) years of age and older shall be photographed and have their fingerprint scanned into the Visitation Module. 5 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 c. Visitor photographs shall be updated every two (2) years. 4. Visiting days and hours shall be scheduled by the Warden based upon the number of visitors, size of the visiting area, and the institutional security considerations. B. Visitation Application: 1. Upon initial intake into the ADOC, an inmate shall list all immediate family members on ADOC Form 303-F, Inmate Immediate Family Members and return the form to the Visitation Officer within thirty (30) days upon receipt. 2. An inmate shall complete ADOC Form 303-A, Inmate Visitation Form for visitors to be considered to be placed on an inmate’s active visitation list. An inmate shall have a sixty (60) day waiting period for visitation privileges, unless approved by the Warden, or his/her designee. 3. An inmate may update ADOC Form 303-A, Inmate Visitation Form, to the Warden, or his/her designee, every six (6) months. Notification of visitors approved or disapproved is the responsibility of an inmate. 4. An inmate’s approved visitation list shall have no more than eight (8) adult visitors active at any one time, all others will be placed on an inmate’s inactive list. Minor children should be identified on ADOC Form 303-A. 5. A married inmate may not have a friend of the opposite sex on their approved ADOC Form 303-A. An unmarried inmate may have one (1) friend of the opposite sex and one (1) friend of the same sex on his/her approved ADOC Form 303-A. See the following chart for the combinations of visitors: Wife Husband Male Friend Female Friend Married Male 1 1 Unmarried Male 1 1 Married Female 1 1 Unmarried Female 1 1 6. An adult visitor must be at least nineteen (19) years of age or older to be included on ADOC Form 303-A unless he/her is legally married to the inmate and has proof of such marriage. 6 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 7. ADOC Form 303-B, Request For Minor Children to Visit shall be completed by the non-incarcerated parent or legal guardian. The ADOC Form 303-B shall be notarized and submitted to the Visitation Officer prior to the scheduled visit. A birth certificate or legal document establishing an inmate’s paternity or maternity must be provided for a minor child to be approved to visit an inmate. Only four (4) minor children are authorized to visit an inmate at any one (1) time. 8. An individual who is a victim of an inmate will not be approved to visit. 9. An inmate assigned to the Community Corrections Program or Supervised Re-Entry Program shall be prohibited from visiting an incarcerated inmate. 10. Ex-felons, parolees and probationers may be considered after two (2) years from the date of release. a. The ex-felon shall be an immediate family member. b. Parolees and probationers must have written approval from their Parole/Probation Officer. 11. A visitor may not be approved on more that one (1) inmate’s visiting application unless an inmate is an immediate family member of the visitor and the relationship can be substantiated. 12. Falsification of any visitation application information shall result in denial of the visitor to the institution. 13. A visitor may be denied due to being directly involved in an inmate’s criminal behavior. 14. Current or former employees of the ADOC will not be allowed to visit an inmate unless they are immediate family members and have prior approval from the Warden. 15. Visitors must submit an initial written request to wear religious headwear to the Wardens’ attention a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled visit. a. The Warden shall verify through the Pastoral Program Supervisor the legitimacy of the religious headwear. 7 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 b. Upon approval, the Warden shall notify the visitor in writing that he/she will be allowed to wear the religious headwear into the visitation area. This religious headwear shall be searched. c. Upon disapproval, the Warden shall notify the visitor in writing. d. The Warden shall provide a copy of the letter (approval or denial) to the Visitation Officer and a copy will be placed in the inmate’s database. A notation will also be made in the Visitation Module. C. Visits: 1. Scheduled Visits: a. A parent or legal guardian who has custody of an inmate’s minor child may authorize an immediate family member, who is on the active visitor list of an inmate to accompany or supervise an inmate’s children by submitting a notarized ADOC Form 303-B, Request for Minor Children to Visit. The notarized form should be submitted to the institutional Warden, or his/her designee, prior to the scheduled visit. b. A separate notarized ADOC Form 303-B is required for each immediate family member who is approved to accompany or supervise an inmate’s minor children. c. After the Warden, or his/her designee, reviews an inmate’s proposed ADOC Form 303-A, the names of those persons who are approved will be entered into the inmate database, Visitation Module, and a copy of the approved or disapproved list will be given to an inmate and a copy of the list will be scanned into the inmate’s database. d. Four (4) adults and four (4) minor children are authorized to visit an inmate at any one (1) time. Visitors who bring minor children to visit will be expected to properly supervise the children so that they do not cause disruption to the institution, staff, or other visitors. Violations may result in the visitors being terminated from visitation. 8 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 2. Legal/Attorney Visits: a. An attorney shall submit a written request to the Warden, or his/her designee, to schedule a legal visit. The request requires a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours notification to be considered for approval. The written request should include the following: (1). The name and AIS number of the inmate(s) and specific legal reason(s) for the visit. (2). The date and time requested. (3). The attorney/legal assistant(s) valid driver’s license number and state of issue and other identification information, to include, the bar identification number and professional organization license number. (4). Any other pertinent information. b. An attorney(s), or agents of the attorney, including paralegal, investigators, psychologists, psychiatrists, mitigation specialist, and or social workers will be allowed to interview with an inmate for legal purposes and will not be required to have a court order. The request shall come in writing from an attorney and include the attorney’s credentials, as indicated in section 2.a. above. c. The attorney and legal assistant(s) will be provided a copy of ADOC Form 303-E, Attorney/Legal Visit Orientation Form, prior to an attorney visit. The attorney and/or legal assistant(s) scheduled to visit an inmate will return the signed ADOC Form 303-E to the Warden or his/her designee. Visits will not be scheduled prior to this form being signed, returned and approved by the Warden, or his/her designee. d. Any question of the validity of the visit shall be referred to ADOC Legal and their instructions followed. e. Prior to the visit, the attorney may request, with approval of the Warden to leave legal documents with an inmate. Documents being brought into the institution by attorneys and legal assistants shall be searched in the presence of the attorney and legal assistant. 9 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 f. An attorney may request to bring to a visit electronic equipment, i.e.; laptop, tape recorder, camera; materials needed to complete a psychological evaluation. (1). The request will be honored only in very limited, special circumstances, with the advanced approval of the Warden and the ADOC General Counsel. (2). The request must be in writing to the Warden with a copy sent to the ADOC General Counsel. g. Attorneys and Legal Assistants shall go through routine search procedures in accordance with AR 336, Searches when entering the institution. h. Unless specifically approved by the Warden, or his/her designee, all meetings between attorneys and an inmate shall be one-on-one. The Warden, or his/her designee, shall make every reasonable effort to provide a room where an attorney can meet confidentially with an inmate. A meeting place shall be provided in which others cannot reasonably overhear the discussion between an inmate and attorney. i. Attorney visits may be scheduled with death row inmates simultaneously with up to three (3) different inmates/attorneys being placed in the visitation area at the same time. In extreme circumstances an additional inmate may be placed on the visiting yard at the discretion of the Warden. j. Restraints for an inmate may be utilized at the Wardens’ discretion. 3. Clergy/Pastoral Visits: a. A member of the clergy, who was an inmate’s pastor in civilian life, may visit an inmate if an inmate has submitted an Inmate Request Form to the Institutional Chaplain and has been approved by the Warden, or his/her designee. (1). An inmate’s request shall be submitted in writing at least fourteen (14) days prior to the requested visit date. 10 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 (2). An inmate is limited to a Clergy/Pastoral visit once every six (6) months. (3). The Clergy/Pastoral visit shall not exceed one (1) hour. b. Visiting clergy shall be responsible for complying with the guidelines set forth in this regulation. 4. Special Visits: a. An inmate shall submit an Inmate Request Form for a special visit to be approved or disapproved by the Warden, or his/her designee. b. The request should be limited to an immediate family member. c. An inmate may be eligible to receive one (1) special visit every six (6) months. d. A special visit may be for an immediate family member who is not on the active visitation list but lives in excess of 500 miles away. 5. Outside Hospital Visits: a. An inmate confined to an outside hospital may only be allowed a visit if the attending physician states that an inmate is in a terminal/life threatening situation and the Warden, or his/her designee, approves the visit. b. The visitor must be on the inmate’s active visitor list. c. All visitors must be approved by the Warden, or his/her designee. The Warden, or his/her designee, shall notify in writing the hospital and contract security staff. Approved visitors must present picture identification to visit an inmate. d. Approved visitors shall be required to follow established ADOC and hospital rules and procedures. e. Approved visitors shall not be allowed to bring any item to the inmate visit. f. The ADOC Correctional Officer(s)/contract security staff shall contact the institutional Shift Commander or 11 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 designee upon the visitor(s) arrival and departure. The visitor(s) name, arrival time and departure time shall be entered into the shift log and forwarded to the visitation officer/designee for entry into the Visitation Module. 6. Institutional Health Care Unit: a. An inmate in the institutional health care unit with input from the health care provider may be allowed visitor(s) from the inmate’s active visitor list. b. The Warden, or his/her designee, shall approve the date and time for the visit. D. General Visitation Procedures: 1. Each visitor shall be identified by his/her finger scan and identification card. The visitation officer/designee will require all visitors to sign in and out on ADOC Form 303-C, Visitor Register, and will log the date and time of the visit. The register shall be dated and signed by the visitation officer/designee. 2. Visitors may be required to walk through a metal detector or screened with a hand-held detector. 3. Upon entry to an institution, ultraviolet ink shall be applied on the back of the hand of all approved visitors. A different design shall be used each day. A black-light shall be utilized to verify that the ink was applied correctly. A black-light shall be utilized to verify only visitors that are exiting the institution. 4. Inmates and visitors shall be searched prior to entering the visitation area to prevent contraband from entering the institution in accordance with AR 336, Searches and contraband will be disposed of in accordance with AR 306, Disposal of Contraband. a. In accordance with AR 336, Searches, no cross gender searches will be conducted. b. Minor children shall be searched in the presence of their parent or legal guardian. 5. If there is reasonable suspicion that the visitor is carrying contraband, an unclothed search may be undertaken in accordance with AR 336, Searches. The unclothed search shall be authorized by the Warden. An ADOC Form 303-D, Visitor Unclothed Search Authorization, shall be completed prior to the search. 12 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 a. If a visitor refuses to be searched, he or she shall be denied entry into the institution. The visitor may be barred. b. If contraband is found in the possession of a visitor the contraband shall be confiscated and disposed of in accordance with AR 306. The visitor may be detained for questioning by the Warden, his/her designee, or I&I Investigator. c. The on-call I&I Investigator shall be notified. d. An ADOC Form 302-C, Duty Officer Report and ADOC Form 302-A, Incident Report shall be completed. 6. If a visitor appears to be under the influence of an intoxicant he or she shall be denied entry into the institution. 7. If a visitor refuses to comply with visitation rules and procedures he or she shall be removed from the visiting area or institution. 8. Each adult visitor may be allowed to bring no more than $20.00 for the vending machine(s). 9. An inmate shall be frisk searched prior to entering the visitation area. 10. An inmate is NOT permitted to carry any item from the visitation area. 11. An inmate shall be stripped searched prior to exiting the visitation area. 12. An inmate housed in administrative segregation may be allowed visits in accordance with AR 433, Administrative Segregation. 13. An inmate housed in disciplinary segregation shall not be allowed visits in accordance with AR 434, Disciplinary Segregation, except with an attorney. E. Denial, Termination, Suspension and Barred: 1. Denial. a. A visit may be denied, with the approval of the Shift Commander, because of institutional or visitation rule violation(s). 13 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 b. Security personnel shall initiate an incident report in accordance with AR 302, Incident Reporting. c. The Warden shall review the incident to determine if further action is required. d. If upon further review, the Warden shall provide a written notice to the visitor that they have been suspended from entering ALL ADOC institutions. A copy shall be scanned into the inmate’s database and a copy shall be provided to the inmate. 2. Termination. a. A visit may be terminated, with approval of the Warden, or his/her designee, because of institutional or visitation rule violation(s) by an inmate or visitor. b. Security personnel shall enter the termination in the Visitation Module. c. Security personnel shall initiate an incident report in accordance with AR 302, Incident Reporting. d. The Warden shall review the incident to determine if further action is required. 3. Suspension. a. The Warden may suspend visitation privileges, after review of ADOC Form 302-A, Incident Report, for a period of up to six (6) months for institutional or visitation rule violation(s). b. The Warden, or his/her designee, shall enter the period of suspension into the Visitation Module. c. The Warden shall provide a written notice to the inmate, visitor, and visitation staff of suspended visitation privileges. d. The suspended visitor may apply in writing to the Warden for reinstatement after the suspension period has ended. 14 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 4. Barred. a. A visitor may be barred for a period of more than six (6) months to an indefinite length of time for serious and/or repeated infraction(s) such as, but not be limited to: (1). Assaultive/disruptive behavior. (2). Illegal drugs or possession of unauthorized drugs. (3). Possession of firearms/weapons on state property. (4). Repeated violation(s) of institutional or visitation rules. b. The Warden will review the ADOC Form 302-A, Incident Report and submit his or her recommendation for permanent barring utilizing the Visitation Module to the Associate Commissioner of Operations. c. The Associate Commissioner of Operations shall approve or disapprove, utilizing the Visitation Module, the Warden’s recommendation for barring a visitor. d. The Warden shall provide a written notice to the visitor that they have been barred from entering ALL ADOC institutions. A copy shall be scanned into the inmate’s database and a copy shall be provided to the inmate. F. Official Visitors. 1. These visits will be approved and coordinated by the Warden, or his/her designee, through the Public Information Officer, Institutional Coordinator and the Associate Commissioner of Operations as appropriate. 2. In the event of an unannounced or unscheduled visit by an official visitor, the Public Information Officer, Institutional Coordinator, and the Associate Commissioner of Operations shall be notified immediately. 3. ADOC employees visiting institutions from other divisions (i.e. Central Office, Legal, etc.) may be required to walk through metal detectors and or hand-held devices. These employees will not be subject to search unless there is a security operation in progress and everyone entering the institution that day is being searched. 15 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 VI. DISPOSITION Any forms used will be disposed of and retained according to the Departmental Records Disposition Authority (RDA).

VII. FORMS

A. ADOC Form 303-A, Inmate Visitation Form. B. ADOC Form 303-B, Request for Minor Children to Visit. C. ADOC Form 303-C, Visitor Register. D. ADOC Form 303-D, Visitor Unclothed Search Authorization. E. ADOC Form 303-E, Attorney/Legal Visit Orientation Form. F. ADOC Form 303-F, Inmate Immediate Family Members.

VIII. SUPERCEDES

A. This regulation supercedes AR 303, Visitation dated March 23, 2006 and any changes.

IX. PERFORMANCE

A. Code of Alabama 1975 as amended, Sections 14-1-1.1, 14-2-1. B. ADOC AR 302, Incident Reporting. C. ADOC AR 306, Disposal of Contraband. D. ADOC AR 336, Searches. E. ADOC AR 433, Administrative Segregation. F. ADOC AR 434, Disciplinary Segregation G. Dictionary of Criminal Justice Terms, American Correctional Association (ACA), Lanham, Maryland, 1998, pg 8. H. Black’s Law Dictionary, Eighth Edition. 16 of 24 AR 303 – August 1, 2012 Annex(s): A. Orientation Guidelines for Visitors and Inmates.