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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Mississippi Department of Corrections; State level · Mississippi
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-28
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-12 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-12)
- End
- Until further notice; visitation remained suspended through 2020 (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering cap
- Addressees
- visitors and volunteers
- State, private and regional prisons housing MDOC inmates
- attorneys and essential visitors (admitted with conditions)
- Functions reached
- VS visitors at State, private (MTC) and regional county facilities
- VL volunteers
- CB private prison operators bound in terms
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD
Operative words
Effective immediately, visitation at all facilities where Mississippi Department of Corrections inmates are housed is temporarily suspended until further notice in order to establish sanitation and prevention protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This is a precautionary measure to protect staff, inmates, volunteers, and visitors from potential exposure to the coronavirus. Attorneys and essential visitors will be allowed, and the area of visits will be sanitized upon completion of each visit.
Enforcement
Deputy Commissioner's authority over 'state, private, and regional prisons in the state' (Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-28)
Notes
Reaches, in terms, every facility 'where Mississippi Department of Corrections inmates are housed,' including privately operated prisons and regional county jails.
Retrieval noteCompanion to the transfer-suspension release of the same date (Ex. 028).