The COVID Project
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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon Department of Corrections; State level · Oregon
- Level
- State
- Authority
- ORS 423.075; OAR 291-127
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13
- End
- Reviewed after 30 days and extended; visiting 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
- Telework mandateGathering capWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- visitors
- non-essential staff and vendors (institution access limited)
- the public (Dome Building)
- Functions reached
- VS visitors
- EMP institution access limited to essential staff (vendors excluded)
- OP headquarters closed to the public (only water delivery and shredding vendors admitted)
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD
Operative words
Following the State of Emergency issued in response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Oregon, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) has suspended all visiting at all 14 state prisons. This is the first time DOC has suspended visiting state-wide. This change is effective March 13, 2020 and will be reviewed in 30 days. This restriction will include non-contact visits where people speak to one another through glass. This will also include limiting institution access to only essential staff.... 3/24/2020: Salem Dome Building Closed to the Public... Corrections employees, pre-approved visitors, water delivery, and Shred-it services are allowed entry.
Enforcement
Director's authority (ORS 423.075; OAR 291-127)
Notes
Names the vendors still admitted to headquarters (water delivery; Shred-it), which fixes the class excluded.