{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-068","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee Department of Correction; State level","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee Department of Correction (Commissioner Tony Parker)","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-606","instrument":"TDOC release, \u0027TDOC Visitation Suspended Until Further Notice\u0027 (Mar. 12, 2020)","title":"Visitation suspended at all TDOC prisons until further notice, including CoreCivic facilities; volunteer services suspended; non-invasive screening of staff entering facilities; legal visits permitted; parole hearing attendees screened","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12","end":"Until further notice; four facilities resumed briefly in late Sept.-Oct. 2020 and were re-suspended Dec. 1, 2020 (Ex. 069)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-12-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["GATH","EMP"],"addressees":["visitors","volunteers","staff (screening)","CoreCivic (private operator of four facilities)","parole hearing attendees"],"clause":"Out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of the health and wellness of what we consider a vulnerable population, we have suspended visitation at all TDOC prisons until further notice.... Volunteer services will be suspended as well. We will conduct non-invasive screening onsite for staff entering our facilities.... Legal visits for inmate are permitted. This notice also applies to Core Civic facilities.","enforcement":"Commissioner\u0027s authority (Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-606; Policy 507.01)","functions":["VS visitors","VL volunteer services","EMP staff screening","CB private prison operator bound in terms"],"notes":"Expressly binds the private operator\u0027s facilities (\u0027This notice also applies to Core Civic facilities\u0027).","sourceUrl":"https://www.tn.gov/correction/news/2020/3/12/tdoc-visitation-suspended-until-further-notice.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200331/https://www.tn.gov/correction/news/2020/3/12/tdoc-visitation-suspended-until-further-notice.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":233746,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-068","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-068","citation":"Tennessee Department of Correction (Commissioner Tony Parker), TDOC release, \u0027TDOC Visitation Suspended Until Further Notice\u0027 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-068)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":[]}