PA DOC COVID-19 page (as archived Mar. 21, 2020), with the Mar. 13, 2020 release 'Department of Corrections Cancels Visits Statewide, Begins Enhanced Screenings of ALL Employees'

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; State level · Pennsylvania

Level

State

Authority

61 Pa.C.S. § 301; 37 Pa. Code § 93.3

Issued

2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020

Effective

2020-03-13

End

Visitation remained suspended system-wide until video visits and later limited in-person visits resumed (in-person visits resumed in stages in 2021); screening continued through 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)

In force

Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther

Addressees

• all individuals entering any State Correctional Institution
• visitors
• county jails transferring inmates
• Community Corrections staff and reentrants
• vendors and auditors

Functions reached

• EMP screening of every vendor and contractor at 24 SCIs
• VS visitors excluded
• HR training and job fairs cancelled
• CB county jails (symptomatic transfers refused)
• SC Correctional Industries redirected

Collection

State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD

Operative words

All visitation was suspended effective March 13. DOC will review in 2 weeks. Attorneys and select members of the PA Prison Society are permitted access if they pass the enhanced screening.... Inmates who have flu like symptoms from counties will not be accepted.... Each facility is conducting enhanced screening for all individuals entering a facility. No one will be permitted to enter a facility who has a fever over 100.4 or exhibits signs of cold or flu.... Postponing audits, inspections and reentry job fairs that were scheduled for March and April. All training at the DOC Training Academy--outside of basic training and the inmate culinary academy--has ceased as of March 16.

Enforcement

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