{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-082","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":"CARES Act s. 12003(b)(2), Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281, 516; 18 U.S.C. 3624(c)(2)","instrument":"Memorandum for Director of Bureau of Prisons, Increasing Use of Home Confinement at Institutions Most Affected by COVID-19 (Apr. 3, 2020)","title":"Increasing Use of Home Confinement at Institutions Most Affected by COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-04-03","effective":"2020-04-03","end":"The section 12003(b)(2) authority ran through 30 days after the end of the national emergency (to May 10, 2023)","startDate":"2020-04-03","endDate":"2023-05-10","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","EMER"],"addressees":["Director, Bureau of Prisons"],"clause":"the CARES Act now authorizes me to expand the cohort of inmates who can be considered for home release upon my finding that emergency conditions are materially affecting the functioning of the Bureau of Prisons. I hereby make that finding and direct that, as detailed below, you give priority in implementing these new standards to the most vulnerable inmates at the most affected facilities","enforcement":"Statutory finding triggering expanded home-confinement authority","functions":["PL placements (residential reentry centers)","CB inmate population","WF"],"notes":"The Attorney General\u0027s formal finding that COVID-19 emergency conditions were \u0027materially affecting the functioning of the Bureau of Prisons\u0027 remained operative through 2021 Q3.","sourceUrl":"https://www.justice.gov/file/1266661/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":916636,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-082","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-082","citation":"William P. Barr, Attorney General, Memorandum for Director of Bureau of Prisons, Increasing Use of Home Confinement at Institutions Most Affected by COVID-19 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-082)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-081"]}