{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-081","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal); Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-HEALTH-OTHER","eco":"","issuer":"William P. Barr, Attorney General","authority":"18 U.S.C. 3624(c)(2) (home confinement), 3621(b); 28 U.S.C. 509-510","instrument":"Memorandum for Director of Bureau of Prisons, Prioritization of Home Confinement As Appropriate in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 26, 2020)","title":"Prioritization of Home Confinement As Appropriate in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-26","end":"In force through the emergency; supplemented Apr. 3, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-26","endDate":"2020-04-03","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["Director, Bureau of Prisons"],"clause":"I am issuing this Memorandum to ensure that we utilize home confinement, where appropriate, to protect the health and safety of BOP personnel and the people in our custody.... I am hereby directing you to prioritize the use of your various statutory authorities to grant home confinement for inmates seeking transfer in connection with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.","enforcement":"Direction to a subordinate agency head under 28 U.S.C. 509-510","functions":["PL placements (residential reentry centers; home-confinement monitoring contractors)","CB inmate population"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.justice.gov/file/1262731/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":584977,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-081","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-081","citation":"William P. Barr, Attorney General, Memorandum for Director of Bureau of Prisons, Prioritization of Home Confinement As Appropriate in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-081)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-082"]}