{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-027","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections; State level","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections","authority":"La. R.S. 36:404","instrument":"LA DPS\u0026C \u0027Summary of COVID-19 Response\u0027 (Apr. 9, 2020)","title":"Suspension of visitation, volunteering, tours, programming, transfers between prisons and routine transfers from the local level; Angola rodeo postponed; new intakes limited and quarantined 14 days; daily screening of all employees and vendors; Pardon and Parole Board hearings suspended","dateIssued":"2020-04-09","effective":"Measures dated from Mar. 12-13, 2020; summary as of Apr. 9, 2020","end":"Measures continued through 2020; parole hearings resumed Apr. 15, 2020","startDate":"2020-04-09","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["GATH","EMP","EVT","HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["visitors, volunteers and tour groups","program providers","local jails (routine transfers)","employees and vendors entering State prisons","Pardon and Parole Board participants"],"clause":"Suspended Visitation, volunteering, tours, programming, transfers between prisons/ routine transfers from local level, and postponed the Angola spring rodeo all in effort to minimize movement.... Limited new intakes to only those who must be housed in state prison. Each intake is screened and assessed for symptoms, and then quarantined for 14 days before being placed in general population.... Daily screening all DOC employees prior to entrance. Anyone entering Louisiana\u0027s state-run prisons and DOC facilities, including employees and vendors, is subject to enhanced screening prior to entering.","enforcement":"Department Regulation activated \u0027to the highest level\u0027; conditions of entry","functions":["EMP vendor screening","VL volunteers","EVT Angola rodeo (a major public event) postponed","CB parish jails housing State inmates (transfers halted)","QUAR intake quarantine"],"notes":"Louisiana houses roughly half its State prisoners in parish jails; halting \u0027routine transfers from local level\u0027 reached every sheriff and jail vendor in the State. The Angola rodeo is a ticketed event with vendors and hospitality commerce.","sourceUrl":"https://doc.louisiana.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DOC-Summary-of-COVID-19-Response-for-WEBSITE.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":509836,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-027","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-027","citation":"Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, LA DPS\u0026C \u0027Summary of COVID-19 Response\u0027 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-027)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":[]}