{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-016","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CCHCS; State level","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"CDCR and CCHCS (Secretary Kathleen Allison)","authority":"Penal Code § 5054","instrument":"CDCR/CCHCS memorandum, \u0027Clarification of Ongoing COVID-19 Protocols in Correctional Facilities\u0027 (June 15, 2021; archived June 23, 2021)","title":"No change to CDCR\u0027s directive on protective equipment upon the State\u0027s June 15, 2021 reopening: masks continue to be required in correctional facilities regardless of vaccination status; current memoranda on masking and physical distancing remain in force at all institutions, regional offices and headquarters","dateIssued":"2021-06-15","effective":"2021-06-15","end":"Continued through Q3 2021 (see Ex. 009, Aug. 2, 2021 vaccination-verification and N95/KN95 rules)","startDate":"2021-06-15","endDate":"2021-08-02","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["CDCR and CCHCS staff","contract workers and visitors on institutional grounds","incarcerated population"],"clause":"Even though the governor has lifted pandemic orders for many, this action comes with the expectation that CDCR continues to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u0027s (CDC) guidelines requiring masks in correctional facilities. As a result, there will be no changes to CDCR\u0027s current directive on protective equipment for staff and incarcerated people. CDCR and CCHCS will continue to follow current department memorandums/directives on masking, physical distancing, and other COVID-19 response efforts at all institutions, regional offices, and headquarters.... the CDC issued guidelines on June 9, 2021, for state and local correctional and detention facilities and noted that regardless of vaccination status, masks are required.","enforcement":"Departmental directive; condition of access to institutions","functions":["EMP masking and distancing of every contractor on institutional grounds after the State reopening","VS visitors","OP regional offices and headquarters"],"notes":"Proves that the June 15, 2021 end of California\u0027s general restrictions did not end the correctional regime: the same directives continued into Q3 2021 for staff, contractors and visitors at 35 prisons.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/clarification-of-ongoing-covid-19-protocols-in-correctional-facilities/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210623181755/https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/clarification-of-ongoing-covid-19-protocols-in-correctional-facilities/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":298176,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-016","citation":"CDCR and CCHCS (Secretary Kathleen Allison), CDCR/CCHCS memorandum, \u0027Clarification of Ongoing COVID-19 Protocols in Correctional Facilities\u0027 (June 15, 2021; archived June 23, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-016)","stateName":"California","related":[]}