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Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-005 Order Primary source read

Executive Order No. 124 (2020)

Temporary emergency medical home confinement of inmates at heightened risk; expedited parole review; Emergency Medical Review Committee; suspension of specified parole statutes and regulations

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (Governor; Department of Corrections; State Parole Board); State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey (Governor; Department of Corrections; State Parole Board); State level · New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.
Issued
2020-04-10 Apr. 10, 2020
Effective
2020-04-10 (immediately) (read as 2020-04-10)
End
For the duration of the Public Health Emergency (through June 4, 2021) (read as 2021-06-04)
In force
Apr. 10, 2020 to June 4, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersCourts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • New Jersey Department of Corrections
  • State Parole Board
  • Director of the Division of Criminal Justice and County Prosecutors
  • Department of Health
Functions reached
  • OP DOC and Parole Board operations converted to remote hearings
  • CB halfway-house and reentry contractors (population shifted to home confinement)
  • CR counsel and victims' representatives (telephonic and video hearings)
  • SC food-service and commissary vendors (population reductions)
Collection
State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD

Operative words

1. DOC shall expeditiously identify inmates for referral to the State Parole Board and the Committee described in Paragraph 5 of this Order... 4.... the State Parole Board shall expedite consideration of those inmates for parole. The State Parole Board may conduct hearings telephonically or by videoconference for any individuals on any Emergency Medical Referral List, for the purpose of expediting review and avoiding person-to-person contact.... To the degree that they are inconsistent with this Order, the provisions of N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.48g; N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.53a(d); N.J.A.C. 10A:71-3.14e-f; N.J.A.C. 10A:71-3.7a-d, f; and N.J.A.C. 10A:71-3.9c are suspended for the duration of this Public Health Emergency.

Enforcement

Suspension of inconsistent statutes and regulations; N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50 (general penalties)

Notes

Reached the contractors that operate Residential Community Release Programs and provide reentry, food and commissary services to the State system; the parole bar moved to teleconference.

Retrieval note

Recital 'as both the Federal Government and other states have recognized, maintaining typical social distancing practices in correctional settings may be challenging.'.

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