{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey Department of Corrections; State level","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks)","authority":"N.J.S.A. 30:1B-6; N.J.A.C. 10A:18-6","instrument":"NJDOC release, \u0027New Jersey Department of Corrections Suspends Visitations to State Prisons and Halfway Houses Statewide\u0027","title":"Visits suspended for 30 days effective 5 p.m. Mar. 14, 2020 at State prisons and halfway houses; temperature scans of all individuals entering; restrictions on transfer of symptomatic county inmates","dateIssued":"2020-03-14","effective":"2020-03-14 at 5:00 p.m.","end":"Extended repeatedly; outdoor visits resumed Oct. 9, 2020 (Ex. 019), suspended again in the winter, resumed May 1, 2021 (Ex. 020)","startDate":"2020-03-14","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["GATH","EMP","HC"],"addressees":["visitors","inmates and Residential Community Release Program residents","all individuals entering NJDOC facilities","county jails"],"clause":"Out of an abundance of caution, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) is temporarily suspending visits for the next 30 days, effective at 5 p.m. today, to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus.... Legal visits are not impacted by the suspension.... Temperature scans conducted by medical staff donned with personal protective equipment, of all individuals entering NJDOC facilities, with follow-up survey questions, as needed... Restrictions on the transfer of county inmates that present symptoms of illness","enforcement":"N.J.A.C. 10A:18-6 (visit privileges administered by the Department)","functions":["VS visitors","EMP screening of all entrants including vendors","CB halfway-house (RCRP) contractors","CB county jails"],"notes":"Halfway houses in New Jersey are operated by private contractors (Residential Community Release Programs); the suspension reached them in terms.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/corrections/pdf/PressRelease_PS/200314_PRESS_RELEASE_NJDOC%20SUSPENDS%20VISITATIONS%20TO%20STATE%20PRISONS%20AND%20HALFWAY.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":343819,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018","citation":"New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks), NJDOC release, \u0027New Jersey Department of Corrections Suspends Visitations to State Prisons and Halfway Houses Statewide\u0027 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}