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- Jurisdiction
- Georgia Department of Corrections; State level · Georgia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- O.C.G.A. § 42-2-11
- Issued
- 2020-07-09 July 9, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13 (original suspension) continued through 2020-08-12 (read as 2020-03-13)
- End
- Extended beyond Aug. 12, 2020; GDC visitation remained suspended through 2020 (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- visitors
- attorneys
- inmates at State and private (CoreCivic, GEO) prisons
- Functions reached
- VS visitors
- CR attorney visits (separate notice)
- CB private prison operators
- Collection
- State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD
Operative words
* VISITATION SUSPENDED THROUGH 8.12.2020* Current as of July 9, 2020 Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Please see attachments below for more information.... Visitation Update 7.8.2020.pdf... Attorney visitation 7.10.2020.pdf
Enforcement
Commissioner's authority (O.C.G.A. § 42-2-11; SOP 227.02)
Notes
Proves the suspension's continuation into Q3 2020 in a State whose general business restrictions had largely ended by June 2020.
Retrieval noteThe Mar. 13, 2020 release 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide' is Ex. 070 (retrieval pending). Mar. 13, 2020 is the start of the suspension the notice continues (the Mar. 13, 2020 release is Ex. 070, retrieval pending); not changed.