{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-023","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arkansas Department of Corrections (Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction); State level","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Arkansas Department of Corrections (Secretary Wendy Kelley)","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. § 12-27-105","instrument":"DOC news release, \u0027DOC Takes Steps to Prevent Spread of COVID-19\u0027","title":"Inmate visitation suspended 21 days at all prisons and community correction centers; only badged volunteers admitted; Parole Board hearings by telephone; meritorious and emergency furloughs prohibited","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"Extended beyond 21 days; visitation remained suspended through 2020 (modified visitation from late 2020 per the Department\u0027s visitation-update pages)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["GATH","OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["visitors","occasional volunteers including faith-based groups","Parole Board participants","inmates including 309 Program participants in county jails"],"clause":"the Department of Corrections is suspending inmate visitation for 21 days in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to the employees and inmates at its correctional facilities. The suspension includes all prisons and community correction centers, and it applies to regular and special visits.... To further reduce the number of people coming inside the facilities, only badged volunteers will be allowed to enter facilities for the next 21 days. Occasional volunteers, including those with faith-based groups, cannot enter during this time. The Parole Board will hold its hearings by telephone and will not appear in person at the facilities","enforcement":"Secretary\u0027s authority over institutions (Ark. Code Ann. § 12-27-105)","functions":["VS visitors","VL faith-based and occasional volunteers","CR Parole Board hearings (telephone)","CB"],"notes":"Reached churches and volunteer organizations in terms; work-release inmates continued to work.","sourceUrl":"https://doc.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/COVID_News_Release_-_Inmate_Visitation_Suspension_ADC-3-16-2020.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201205/https://doc.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/COVID_News_Release_-_Inmate_Visitation_Suspension_ADC-3-16-2020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":289197,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-023","citation":"Arkansas Department of Corrections (Secretary Wendy Kelley), DOC news release, \u0027DOC Takes Steps to Prevent Spread of COVID-19\u0027 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-023)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":[]}