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Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Action Plan, Phase Two: agency-wide modified operations (Mar. 13, 2020)

Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Action Plan: Agency-wide Modified Operations

Federal Bureau of Prisons (Director), after coordination with DOJ and the White House · United States (federal); Federal Bureau of Prisons (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States (federal); Federal Bureau of Prisons
Level
Federal
Authority
18 U.S.C. 4042(a) (management and regulation of federal penal institutions); 28 C.F.R. parts 540, 551
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13 ('effective immediately'; 30 days, to be reevaluated) (read as 2020-03-13)
End
Extended by Phases Three through Nine; social visits suspended until Oct. 3, 2020; contractor and volunteer restrictions continued under modified operations (read as 2020-10-03)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Oct. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all 122 BOP institutions; visitors; attorneys; volunteers; contractors; staff
Functions reached
  • PL placements at client sites (contract education, vocational, food-service, medical and maintenance staff)
  • VS visitation
  • CS customer facilities closed to non-essential vendors
  • CR counseling and visitation (chaplains, volunteers)
  • TR travel
Collection
Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER

Operative words

SOCIAL VISITS: Social visits will be suspended for 30 days, at which time the suspension will be reevaluated.... LEGAL VISITS:... while in general, legal visits will be suspended for 30 days, case-by-case accommodation will be accomplished at the local level... INMATE MOVEMENT: All inmate facility transfers will be suspended for 30 days... OFFICIAL STAFF TRAVEL: Official staff travel (with the exception of relocation) will be suspended for 30 days... TRAINING: All staff training... is suspended for 30 days... CONTRACTORS: Contractor access to BOP facilities will be restricted for 30 days to only those performing essential services (e.g. medical or mental health care, religious, etc.) or those who perform necessary maintenance on essential systems. Contractors who require access will be screened using the same procedures as staff prior to entry. VOLUNTEERS: Volunteer visits will be suspended for 30 days

Enforcement

Federal facility access control; 18 U.S.C. 1791 and 28 C.F.R. part 511 (searches and exclusion of visitors)

Notes

Reached every correctional contractor: commissary and food-service vendors, medical and mental-health contractors, education and reentry program providers, construction and maintenance trades, religious volunteers and criminal-defense lawyers.

Retrieval note

Rendered from a 2025 archive of the BOP page, whose text carries the original 'Updated 3:09 PM ET, March 13, 2020' stamp.

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