{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-028","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Mississippi Department of Corrections; State level","state":"MS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Mississippi Department of Corrections (Deputy Commissioner Jeworski Mallet)","authority":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-28","instrument":"MDOC release, \u0027MDOC Suspends Inmate Transfers as Part of Response to Coronavirus\u0027","title":"Transfers of inmates from all county jails to MDOC custody suspended until further notice; visitation at all facilities with MDOC inmates suspended; limited inter-facility transfers","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12 (immediately)","end":"Until further notice; transfers resumed in phases in mid-2020","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["OTHER","GATH"],"addressees":["all county jails","visitors","MDOC facilities including private and regional facilities"],"clause":"Effective immediately, the Mississippi Department of Corrections is suspending the transfers of inmates from all county jails to MDOC custody until further notice. The action is in addition to the temporary suspension of visitation at all facilities with MDOC inmates as the MDOC establishes sanitation and prevention protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. There will be limited transfer of inmates between MDOC facilities unless absolutely necessary.","enforcement":"Commissioner\u0027s authority (Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-28)","functions":["CB county jails and regional facilities (State inmates retained)","VS visitors","SC vendors of private prisons (MTC) and regional jails"],"notes":"Mississippi\u0027s private prisons and regional county facilities hold State inmates under contract; the transfer freeze changed their populations and revenue.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mdoc.ms.gov/News/PressReleases/Inmate%20Transfers%20Suspended%20in%20Response%20to%20Coronavirus.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200606/https://www.mdoc.ms.gov/News/PressReleases/Inmate%20Transfers%20Suspended%20in%20Response%20to%20Coronavirus.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":248272,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-028","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-028","citation":"Mississippi Department of Corrections (Deputy Commissioner Jeworski Mallet), MDOC release, \u0027MDOC Suspends Inmate Transfers as Part of Response to Coronavirus\u0027 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-028)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":[]}