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Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-069 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

TDOC release, 'TDOC Visitation Suspended Until Further Notice' (Dec. 1, 2020)

Visitation suspended again at the four facilities that had resumed visits in late September and early October 2020; recital that TDOC first suspended visitation at all facilities in early March 2020

Tennessee Department of Correction (Commissioner Tony Parker) · Tennessee Department of Correction; State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Tennessee Department of Correction; State level · Tennessee
Level
State
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-606; Policy 507.01
Issued
2020-12-01 Dec. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-12-01
End
Until further notice (visitation remained suspended statewide into 2021) (read as 2021-03-31)
In force
Dec. 1, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Gathering cap
Addressees
  • visitors
  • inmates at all TDOC facilities including privately operated (CoreCivic) facilities
Functions reached
  • VS visitors
  • CB private prison operators (four CoreCivic facilities under TDOC contract)
Character
context
Collection
State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD

Operative words

Visitation is currently suspended at all Tennessee prisons across the state.... Due to an increase in active COVID-19 cases in the community, the Department of Correction has suspended visitation at four TDOC facilities until further notice. The Morgan County Correctional Complex, Bledsoe County Correctional Complex, Turney Center Industrial Complex, and Mark Luttrell Transition Center resumed visitation in late September and early October, but after a rise in COVID cases statewide... visitation is being suspended... TDOC first suspended visitation at all facilities in early March in order to protect the health and wellness of staff, inmates, and visitors.

Enforcement

Commissioner's authority (Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-606; Policy 507.01)

Notes

Documents the March 2020 statewide suspension, the brief partial resumption (late Sept.-Oct. 2020) and the winter re-suspension: a nine-month suspension with a six-week interruption at four of fourteen facilities.

Retrieval note

The Mar. 12, 2020 release of the same title is Ex. 068 (retrieval pending).

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