{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-026","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Corrections Services); State level","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Secretary James M. LeBlanc)","authority":"La. R.S. 36:404; Department Regulation C-02-008","instrument":"DPS\u0026C Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response notice of Mar. 12, 2020 (inmate notification of visiting suspension)","title":"All visiting suspended at State prisons effective immediately, attorney visits included and reviewed case by case; off-site non-emergent trips discontinued from Mar. 13, 2020; funeral and bedside visits discontinued","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12 (visiting); 2020-03-13 (off-site trips)","end":"Reviewed every 30 days; visiting remained suspended through 2020 (video visitation from Apr. 27, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-04-27","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["GATH","HC","TRAV"],"addressees":["inmates and their families","attorneys","medical providers (off-site clinics)","funeral homes"],"clause":"1. Effective immediately, all visiting is suspended at state prisons. You are encouraged to contact your family immediately to notify them of this decision and urge them not to travel to the prisons until notification that visiting has resumes. We will review the decision on visitation restriction every 30 days until the threat subsides. a. For all intent and purposes, attorney visits are included in this restriction.... 3. Effectively Friday, March 13, 2020, we are discontinuing off-site non-emergent (non-life threatening) trips. a. Medical trip, including off-site clinics, are being cancelled by medical staff.","enforcement":"Secretary\u0027s authority over visitation under Department Regulation C-02-008","functions":["VS visitors (travel to prisons discouraged in terms)","CR attorney visits","OC off-site medical clinics (trips cancelled)","CB funeral homes"],"notes":"Reached community medical clinics and hospitals that served the incarcerated population off-site, and the attorney bar.","sourceUrl":"https://doc.louisiana.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3.13.20-Coronavirus-Inmate-Notification-of-Visiting.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":410368,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-026","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-026","citation":"Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (Secretary James M. LeBlanc), DPS\u0026C Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response notice of Mar. 12, 2020 (inmate notification of visiting suspension) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-026)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":[]}