{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-019","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","instrument":"NJDOC release, \u0027NJDOC Resumes Visitation and Inmate Activities with COVID-19 Precautions\u0027","title":"Outdoor visitation resumed Oct. 9, 2020 by reservation with masks, temperature scans and two-adult limits; intake from county jails and inter-institutional transfers resumed with testing and 14-day quarantine; group programs resumed at reduced size","dateIssued":"2020-10-06","effective":"2020-10-09","end":"Provisional; in-person visits were suspended again in the winter 2020-21 wave and resumed May 1, 2021 (Ex. 020)","startDate":"2020-10-09","endDate":"2021-05-01","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["GATH","MASK","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["visitors","incarcerated persons","county jails (intake)","program providers (Gateway, chaplaincy, education)"],"clause":"Visitations will take place in an outdoor area, weather permitting, to allow for social distancing. Visitors will be required to call the prisons in advance to schedule their outdoor visit, with reservations scheduled on a limited, first-come-first-serve basis.... all visitors will be required to wear a face mask while on prison grounds... the total number of visitors permitted for each incarcerated person will be limited to two adults and two children.... Individuals entering and transferring within NJDOC facilities will be tested for COVID-19 and held on a 14-day quarantine prior to being placed in the general population... Where applicable, group activities will be smaller, and services will be consolidated... certain customs such as handshaking or singing that could result in the spread of COVID-19 suspended.","enforcement":"Conditions of visitation and program access under N.J.A.C. 10A:18-6","functions":["VS visitors","CB program contractors (Gateway Substance Abuse Program; education)","OP intake and transport","QUAR 14-day quarantine of every transfer"],"notes":"Documents the seven-month total suspension (Mar. 14 to Oct. 9, 2020) and the restored operation\u0027s conditions.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/corrections/pdf/PressRelease_PS/201006_Resumption_Visitation.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":563825,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-019","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-019","citation":"New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks), NJDOC release, \u0027NJDOC Resumes Visitation and Inmate Activities with COVID-19 Precautions\u0027 (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-019)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}