{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-017","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia Department of Corrections; State level","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Virginia Department of Corrections","authority":"Va. Code § 53.1-10","instrument":"VADOC \u0027COVID-19 Updates\u0027 page (as archived Mar. 23, 2020; last updated Mar. 20, 2020)","title":"Visitation and volunteer activities cancelled until further notice; daily employee self-assessment; screening of offenders on release; attorney visits restricted","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-13 (visitation cancelled) through Mar. 20, 2020 update","end":"Visitation remained cancelled through 2020; limited in-person visitation resumed in 2021","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["GATH","EMP","HC"],"addressees":["visitors and volunteers","employees","attorneys","offenders on release"],"clause":"Visitation and volunteer activities remain cancelled until further notice.... All offenders being released from the VADOC facilities as they finish their sentences are now screened for COVID-19 on the day of their release. There is a separate screening tool for employees. All employees must assess their risk on a daily basis prior to reporting to work.... While visitation at correctional facilities is cancelled for now, off-site video visitation, facilitated through Assisting Families of Inmates (AFOI), remains available.","enforcement":"Va. Code § 53.1-10 (Director\u0027s authority)","functions":["VS visitors","VL volunteer programs","EMP daily staff screening","CB"],"notes":"Reached faith-based and reentry volunteer organizations, and visitor travel commerce at 40 facilities.","sourceUrl":"https://www.vadoc.virginia.gov/news-press-releases/2020/covid-19-updates/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200323172017/https://www.vadoc.virginia.gov/news-press-releases/2020/covid-19-updates/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":275431,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-017","citation":"Virginia Department of Corrections, VADOC \u0027COVID-19 Updates\u0027 page (as archived Mar. 23, 2020; last updated Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-017)","stateName":"Virginia","related":[]}