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The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Dakota Department of Corrections; State level · South Dakota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- SDCL 24-1-26
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-12
- End
- Continued through 2020 (later notices on the DOC site); in-person visitation resumed in 2021 (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering cap
- Addressees
- Functions reached
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD
Operative words
As of today, the DOC is suspending all in-person visitation within our facilities. A video visitation system is in place to help maintain contact with inmates... All volunteer activities within our facilities have been suspended as well.
Enforcement
Secretary's authority over visiting (SDCL 24-1-26)
Notes
A State with no statewide stay-home order nonetheless closed its prisons to visitors and volunteers on Mar. 12, 2020.
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