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- Jurisdiction
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice; State level · Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code § 493.006; Governor's disaster declaration
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13
- End
- Until further notice; contact visitation resumed for vaccinated inmates in August 2021 (Ex. 067) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering cap
- Addressees
- visitors to about 100 TDCJ facilities
- inmates
- Functions reached
- VS visitors to the largest State prison system in the United States (about 120,000 inmates)
- VL volunteer programs (suspended in the same period)
- CB
- Collection
- State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD
Operative words
March 13, 2020 In accordance with Governor Abbott's declaration, effective March 13, 2020, the TDCJ will be temporarily suspending visitation at all our facilities (statewide) until further notice. While we understand the value and significance of the visitation process at our facilities, we also understand the importance of providing and maintaining a safe and healthy environment for all involved.
Enforcement
Executive Director's authority (Tex. Gov't Code § 493.006); visitation is a privilege under the Offender Visitation Plan
Notes
Ties the agency suspension expressly to the Governor's disaster declaration; the suspension ran seventeen months, into Q3 2021.