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Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-072 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

ODRC 'COVID-19 Updates' page (as archived Mar. 14, 2020)

Visiting suspended indefinitely; volunteers suspended indefinitely; only mission-critical contractors (construction, medical, food service) admitted as determined by the managing officer; health screening of staff, mission-critical contractors and attorneys on entry; no outside inmate workers in the community; only mission-critical transfers; in-service and CTA training limited

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (Director Annette Chambers-Smith) · Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; State level · Ohio
Level
State
Authority
Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.01; Ohio Adm. Code 5120-9-15
Issued
2020-03-11 Mar. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-03-11
End
Visiting remained suspended through 2020; contractor access limits continued (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Mar. 11, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Gathering capWorkplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • visitors
  • volunteers
  • contractors (all but mission-critical excluded)
  • attorneys
  • outside inmate work crews and their customers
  • training providers
Functions reached
  • EMP contractors: all but 'mission critical' excluded from 28 institutions; screening of those admitted
  • VL volunteers
  • VS visitors
  • PL outside inmate work crews withdrawn from community customers
  • HR training providers
Character
context
Collection
State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD

Operative words

1. Visiting will be suspended indefinitely; 2. Volunteers entering our facilities will be suspended indefinitely; 3. Only mission critical contractors (construction, medical, food service, etc.) will be permitted to enter the facilities. Mission critical will be determined by the managing officer; 4. Staff, mission critical contractors, and attorney health screenings will begin upon entry into the facilities; 5. No outside inmate workers will be in the community; inmate workers will only be permitted on state grounds; 6. Only mission critical transfers will take place.... 7. In-service training will be changed to mission critical only.

Enforcement

Director's authority (Ohio Rev. Code § 5120.01); Ohio Adm. Code 5120-9-15

Notes

The clearest contractor-access rule in the cluster: it names the admitted classes (construction, medical, food service) and excludes the rest; it also withdrew inmate labor from community work sites.

Retrieval note

Governor DeWine announced the suspension of prison visiting on Mar. 11, 2020; the page carries the Department's implementing list.

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