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Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-030 Order Primary source read

Memorandum to Work Release Staff, 'Operational Changes in Response to COVID-19' (Mar. 13, 2020)

Work-release residents permitted to leave facilities only for approved education or programming and 'personal essential business' (hygiene purchases, verified medical, dental and mental-health appointments)

Washington State Department of Corrections, Reentry Division (Senior Administrator) · Washington State Department of Corrections (Reentry Division; work release); State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Washington State Department of Corrections (Reentry Division; work release); State level · Washington
Level
State
Authority
RCW 72.65; WAC 137-56
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-13)
End
Continued through the spring of 2020 (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeOther
Addressees
  • work-release staff
  • work-release residents
  • community employers and program providers of work-release residents
Functions reached
  • PL community employers of work-release residents (movement restricted to approved purposes)
  • OP
  • CB
Collection
State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD

Operative words

The following operational changes are being put in place effective immediately... Restricting/limiting movement into the community: As to mitigate exposure we will be only allowing residents to leave the facility for approved education/programming and personal essential business only. An example of personal essential business would include a store trip to obtain hygiene items, verified medical/dental appointments, or verified mental health appointments.

Enforcement

Conditions of work release (RCW 72.65; WAC 137-56)

Notes

A stay-home order in miniature for the work-release population, reaching the employers and program providers who relied on those workers.