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- Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin Department of Corrections (Division of Adult Institutions); State level · Wisconsin
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Wis. Stat. § 301.03
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13 (visits); 2020-03-19 (county-bed transfers); 2020-03-23 (admissions) (read as 2020-03-13)
- End
- Admissions resumed in phases from June 2020; in-person visits remained suspended until 2021 (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capHealth care ordersOther
- Addressees
- visitors
- county jails holding State inmates in contracted beds
- county sheriffs (admissions)
- staff and persons in care
- Functions reached
- CB county jails and their vendors (populations retained)
- OP intake and transport
- VS visitors
- SC food-service and commissary (canteen policy changes)
- Collection
- State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD
Operative words
On March 13, 2020, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) temporarily suspended visits at all DOC institutions to minimize the risk of exposing staff, persons in our care, and the public to COVID-19.... Effective immediately, all transfers from state contracted county jail beds have been suspended until further notice... Effective March 23, 2020, all admissions to the state prisons and juvenile facilities operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) are suspended, with exceptions for some essential transfers.
Enforcement
Departmental authority over admissions, transfers and visiting (Wis. Stat. § 301.03; Wis. Admin. Code DOC ch. 309)
Notes
The county-bed program (up to 120-day placements) and all new admissions were halted; county jail food-service and medical contractors carried the population.