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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee Department of Correction; State level · Tennessee
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-606
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-12
- End
- Until further notice; four facilities resumed briefly in late Sept.-Oct. 2020 and were re-suspended Dec. 1, 2020 (Ex. 069) (read as 2020-12-01)
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 to Dec. 1, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- visitors
- volunteers
- staff (screening)
- CoreCivic (private operator of four facilities)
- parole hearing attendees
- Functions reached
- VS visitors
- VL volunteer services
- EMP staff screening
- CB private prison operator bound in terms
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD
Operative words
Out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of the health and wellness of what we consider a vulnerable population, we have suspended visitation at all TDOC prisons until further notice.... Volunteer services will be suspended as well. We will conduct non-invasive screening onsite for staff entering our facilities.... Legal visits for inmate are permitted. This notice also applies to Core Civic facilities.
Enforcement
Commissioner's authority (Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-606; Policy 507.01)
Notes
Expressly binds the private operator's facilities ('This notice also applies to Core Civic facilities').