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Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (state correctional and state-contracted correctional facilities)

Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 related to state correctional and state-contracted correctional facilities

Governor Steve Bullock · Montana (State)

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Jurisdiction
Montana
Level
State
Authority
Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104(2)(a)
Issued
2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-04-01
End
End of the emergency; continued Feb. 12, 2021 ('INCARCERATION PROTOCOLS') to June 30, 2021 (MT-021) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Apr. 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public officesQuarantine and isolationOther
Addressees
  • Department of Corrections
  • county detention facilities
  • attorneys and visitors
Functions reached
  • CR counseling and visitation (prisons)
  • CT courts (transports and hearings)
  • PL placements at correctional client sites
Collection
Montana MT

Operative words

suspend all transfers of inmates into department facilities unless certain conditions were met... observing a 14-day quarantine of incoming inmates and limiting out-of-state transfers to the 'most pressing or severe cases' (as summarized by the Legislative Services Division, Apr. 6, 2020); visitation restricted; off-site appointments limited to urgent medical needs (terms as carried into MT-021)

Enforcement

Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104(2)(a); jail-hold statutory cap suspended

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