{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-050","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"District of Columbia Department of Corrections; District (State-level) authority","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"DC Department of Corrections (Director Quincy Booth)","authority":"D.C. Code § 24-211.02","instrument":"DC DOC release, \u0027DC Department of Corrections Puts in Place New Policies to Protect Residents, Visitors, and Staff from COVID-19 and Ensure Continued Visitations, Including Screening Upon Entry\u0027","title":"Screening of all staff and visitors (friends, family members, attorneys, contractors, volunteers) before entry to CDF, CTF, CCB, the Video Visitation Center, CPDL and the Ready Center, effective Mar. 11, 2020; denial of entry to symptomatic visitors","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-11","end":"Superseded by the suspension of in-person and video-center visitation (Mar. 13, 2020) recorded on the Department\u0027s coronavirus-prevention page","startDate":"2020-03-11","endDate":"2020-03-13","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMP","HC"],"addressees":["all DOC staff","visitors including attorneys, contractors and volunteers"],"clause":"Effective March 11, 2020, in an effort to prevent the potential spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (DC DOC) facilities... DOC will screen all staff and visitors (friends, family members, attorneys, contractors, volunteers, etc.) for the virus before they are allowed to enter the facilities.... If a visitor responds \u0027yes\u0027 to any of these questions or exhibits obvious flu-like symptoms, they will be denied entry to the facilities.","enforcement":"Condition of entry (D.C. Code § 24-211.02)","functions":["EMP contractor screening","VS visitors","VL volunteers","CR attorneys"],"notes":"Also records the Department\u0027s order of \u0027additional cleaning and sanitation supplies, including protective gloves, masks and clothing for staff.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://doc.dc.gov/release/dc-department-corrections-puts-place-new-policies-protect-residents-visitors-and-staff-covid","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":276126,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-050","citation":"DC Department of Corrections (Director Quincy Booth), DC DOC release, \u0027DC Department of Corrections Puts in Place New Policies to Protect Residents, Visitors, and Staff from COVID-19 and Ensure Continued Visitations, Including Screening Upon Entry\u0027 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-050)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":["AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-083"]}