{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-064","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; State level","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci)","authority":"Correction Law § 112; Executive Law § 259-c","instrument":"DOCCS, \u0027Suspensions, Restrictions and Cancellations in Response to COVID-19\u0027 (as archived Apr. 11, 2020)","title":"Visitation at all 52 correctional facilities suspended statewide (from Mar. 14, 2020) until Apr. 29, 2020; all in-person reports of individuals under State community supervision suspended until Apr. 29, 2020, with electronic contact counted as field contact","dateIssued":"2020-03-14","effective":"2020-03-14 (visitation); office reports suspended through Apr. 29, 2020","end":"Extended repeatedly; DOCCS resumed limited visitation Aug. 5, 2020, suspended it again in the winter 2020-21 wave, and resumed with conditions in 2021","startDate":"2020-03-14","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["GATH","CRT","TELE","OTHER"],"addressees":["visitors to 52 facilities","incarcerated individuals","persons under community supervision (about 35,000 parolees)","community supervision staff and off-site reporting locations"],"clause":"NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION SUSPENDS VISITATION AT FACILITIES STATEWIDE... Visitation at all correctional facilities suspended until April 29, 2020... Visitation Suspended at All Correctional Facilities. While this suspension of visitation will be temporary, the Department recognizes the immediate impact on incarcerated individuals throughout the correctional system. However, the current situation demands this significant action to safeguard the health and safety of all incarcerated individuals, employees, as well as their families and communities.... In-Person Parolee Reports Suspended in All Counties. The Department will suspend office reports, including off-site reporting locations, for all persons under community supervision.... Specifically, parolees will have their in-person supervision contacts suspended until April 29, 2020. Department staff will use technology, such as telephone calls, text messages, videoconferencing, GPS electronic monitoring, and other methods to maintain contact.","enforcement":"Correction Law § 112; 7 NYCRR Part 200 (visiting privileges); Executive Law § 259-c","functions":["VS visitors statewide","OP parole offices and off-site reporting locations closed to in-person reports","CB community organizations hosting off-site reporting","VL volunteer programs"],"notes":"The largest State prison system in the Northeast closed to visitors for the whole of Q2 2020 and moved community supervision of the parolee population to remote contact; the volunteer and reentry-services sector lost facility access.","sourceUrl":"https://doccs.ny.gov/suspensions-restrictions-cancellations-response-covid-19","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200411055957/https://doccs.ny.gov/suspensions-restrictions-cancellations-response-covid-19","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":172834,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-064","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-064","citation":"New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci), DOCCS, \u0027Suspensions, Restrictions and Cancellations in Response to COVID-19\u0027 (as archived Apr. 11, 2020) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-064)","stateName":"New York","related":["AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-065"]}