The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina Department of Corrections; State level · South Carolina
- Level
- State
- Authority
- S.C. Code Ann. § 24-1-130
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- Thirty-day periods re-evaluated and extended; work-release and labor-crew suspensions continued into the summer of 2020 (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- visitors and attorneys
- inmates (transfers, work release, labor crews)
- staff (travel, training)
- contractors requiring access
- Functions reached
- PL private employers of work-release inmates (labor supply suspended)
- JS labor crews for public and private customers suspended
- EMP contractor screening
- VS visitors
- HR training
- TRAV staff travel
- Collection
- State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD
Operative words
VISITATION: Visitation will be suspended for 30 days, at which time the suspension will be reevaluated.... INMATE MOVEMENT: All inmate facility transfers will be suspended, unless medically necessary, for 30 days... WORK RELEASE AND LABOR CREWS: All work release and labor crews will be suspended for 14 days and then will be reevaluated.... OFFICIAL STAFF TRAVEL: Official staff travel will be suspended for 30 days... TRAINING: All staff training, and meetings are suspended through March 31, 2020... CONTRACTORS: Essential contractor access to SCDC facilities will continue; however, contractors who require access will be screened using the same procedures as staff prior to entry
Enforcement
Director's authority; Attestation of No Known Illness form (SCDC Form M-217) required of attorneys
Notes
Work release inmates staff private employers under S.C. Code § 24-3-40; the 14-day suspension removed that workforce from those employers. Labor crews serve municipalities and non-profits.