Originally Posted by sunray's wench

Photos are only taken during visits. At the unit I visit, the visitor pays for the photos in advance when they enter the facility, and are then given a slip of paper to take into the visitation room. The Officer in charge of visitation notes who will be having photos and then calls up each table one by one during the visit. The photos are a type of polaroid. The inmate is NOT permitted to take the photos back to their cell, the visitor must take them out of the unit.