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Internal Memo, 'COVID-19 Expanded Work Release Program (C19EWRP)'

Temporary expansion of work release: low- and medium-risk adults who have served half their term may reside in approved community residences up to three months before supervised release, with twice-weekly virtual supervision visits

Minnesota Department of Corrections (Deputy Commissioner Curtis Shanklin) · Minnesota Department of Corrections (Community Services Division); State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Minnesota Department of Corrections (Community Services Division); State level · Minnesota
Level
State
Authority
Minn. Stat. §§ 241.26, 244.065
Issued
2020-04-13 Apr. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-04-14
End
2020-12-31 'or until otherwise amended' (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Apr. 14, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • DOC staff
  • eligible incarcerated adults
  • approved community programs and residences
  • employers of work-release participants
Functions reached
  • CB community residential programs (population placed)
  • PL employers of work-release participants
  • OP supervision converted to virtual visits
Collection
State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD

Operative words

Effective April 14, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) will temporarily expand its work release program under Minn. Stat. §§ 241.26 and 244.065. The expanded work release program will help increase social distancing practices and create additional capacity to use quarantine and containment strategies in correctional facilities due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).... This temporary policy is in effect until 12/31/2020 or until otherwise amended. Program participants will be supervised by DOC Work Release Unit staff and will participate in at least twice-weekly virtual visits with their assigned supervisor.

Enforcement

Minn. Stat. §§ 241.26, 244.065 (conditions of work release; revocation)

Notes

A State corrections instrument that moved population into community programs and required virtual supervision, reaching halfway-house operators and employers.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.