{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-015","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin Department of Corrections (Division of Adult Institutions); State level","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Wisconsin Department of Corrections (Secretary Kevin A. Carr)","authority":"Wis. Stat. § 301.03","instrument":"WI DOC COVID-19 Announcements page (as archived Apr. 4, 2020)","title":"Visits at all DOC institutions suspended Mar. 13, 2020; transfers from State-contracted county jail beds suspended Mar. 19, 2020; all admissions to State prisons and juvenile facilities suspended effective Mar. 23, 2020; institutions placed on suspended administrative rules (lockdown) after confirmed staff cases","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13 (visits); 2020-03-19 (county-bed transfers); 2020-03-23 (admissions)","end":"Admissions resumed in phases from June 2020; in-person visits remained suspended until 2021","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["GATH","OTHER","HC"],"addressees":["visitors","county jails holding State inmates in contracted beds","county sheriffs (admissions)","staff and persons in care"],"clause":"On March 13, 2020, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) temporarily suspended visits at all DOC institutions to minimize the risk of exposing staff, persons in our care, and the public to COVID-19.... Effective immediately, all transfers from state contracted county jail beds have been suspended until further notice... Effective March 23, 2020, all admissions to the state prisons and juvenile facilities operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) are suspended, with exceptions for some essential transfers.","enforcement":"Departmental authority over admissions, transfers and visiting (Wis. Stat. § 301.03; Wis. Admin. Code DOC ch. 309)","functions":["CB county jails and their vendors (populations retained)","OP intake and transport","VS visitors","SC food-service and commissary (canteen policy changes)"],"notes":"The county-bed program (up to 120-day placements) and all new admissions were halted; county jail food-service and medical contractors carried the population.","sourceUrl":"https://doc.wi.gov/Pages/COVID19(Coronavirus)/Announcements/COVID19Announcements.aspx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200404003526/https://doc.wi.gov/Pages/COVID19(Coronavirus)/Announcements/COVID19Announcements.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":336167,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-015","citation":"Wisconsin Department of Corrections (Secretary Kevin A. Carr), WI DOC COVID-19 Announcements page (as archived Apr. 4, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-015)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":[]}