{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-021","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina Department of Corrections; State level","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"South Carolina Department of Corrections (Director Bryan P. Stirling)","authority":"S.C. Code Ann. § 24-1-130","instrument":"SCDC release of Mar. 12, 2020, \u0027Visitation suspended statewide\u0027","title":"Visitation suspended statewide at 21 prisons; volunteer programs curtailed; screening of visitors","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12","end":"Extended by the Mar. 16, 2020 Action Plan (Ex. 022) and thereafter; in-person visitation resumed in stages in 2021","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["GATH","EMP"],"addressees":["visitors","volunteers","inmates"],"clause":"Visitation is suspended statewide;... SCDC understands the value of family visits and volunteer programs, but measures must be put [in place to protect staff and inmates from exposure by] visitors.","enforcement":"Director\u0027s authority over visitation (S.C. Code Ann. § 24-1-130)","functions":["VS visitors","VL volunteer programs","CB"],"notes":"First-day instrument (Mar. 12, 2020) of a suspension that the Action Plan of Mar. 16 extended to inmate transfers, work release, labor crews, staff travel, training and contractor screening.","sourceUrl":"http://www.doc.sc.gov/family/coronavirus_news_press_release_visitation_suspended_031320.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200330081504/http://www.doc.sc.gov/family/coronavirus_news_press_release_visitation_suspended_031320.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":467826,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-021","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-021","citation":"South Carolina Department of Corrections (Director Bryan P. Stirling), SCDC release of Mar. 12, 2020, \u0027Visitation suspended statewide\u0027 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-021)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":[]}