{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-080","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 Mallett)","authority":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-28","instrument":"MDOC release, \u0027MDOC Takes Preventative Steps Against Coronavirus Exposure\u0027 (Mar. 12, 2020)","title":"Visitation temporarily suspended until further notice at all facilities where MDOC inmates are housed (State, private and regional prisons); attorneys and essential visitors allowed with sanitization after each visit","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12 (immediately)","end":"Until further notice; visitation remained suspended through 2020","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["GATH"],"addressees":["visitors and volunteers","State, private and regional prisons housing MDOC inmates","attorneys and essential visitors (admitted with conditions)"],"clause":"Effective immediately, visitation at all facilities where Mississippi Department of Corrections inmates are housed is temporarily suspended until further notice in order to establish sanitation and prevention protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This is a precautionary measure to protect staff, inmates, volunteers, and visitors from potential exposure to the coronavirus. Attorneys and essential visitors will be allowed, and the area of visits will be sanitized upon completion of each visit.","enforcement":"Deputy Commissioner\u0027s authority over \u0027state, private, and regional prisons in the state\u0027 (Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-28)","functions":["VS visitors at State, private (MTC) and regional county facilities","VL volunteers","CB private prison operators bound in terms"],"notes":"Reaches, in terms, every facility \u0027where Mississippi Department of Corrections inmates are housed,\u0027 including privately operated prisons and regional county jails.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mdoc.ms.gov/Pages/MDOC-Takes-Preventative-Steps-Against-Coronavirus-Exposure.aspx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200531/https://www.mdoc.ms.gov/Pages/MDOC-Takes-Preventative-Steps-Against-Coronavirus-Exposure.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":193587,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-080","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-080","citation":"Mississippi Department of Corrections (Deputy Commissioner Jeworski Mallett), MDOC release, \u0027MDOC Takes Preventative Steps Against Coronavirus Exposure\u0027 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-080)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":[]}