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Back to Normal: Considerations for Returning Jails to Pre-COVID-19 Operations [1]

Accession Number: 033326
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This document was written to serve as suggestions for when jail leaders begin the process of returning jail operations “back to normal”. Emergency response plans, like all policies and procedures must be tailored to the specific facility and available resources.  This includes agencies with multiple facilities, each perhaps with a different design.  COVID-19 presents some different issues to consider in emergency response planning and implementation.  While many practices put in place to enhance safety during this time are similar from county to county and jail to jail, returning jail operations “back to normal” will offer different challenges. 

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Back to Normal: Considerations for Returning Jails to Pre-COVID-19 Operations [2]

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Publication Year: 
2020
Length: 
14 pages
Tags: 
  • Emergency plans - Pandemic -COVID-19 [3]
  • Jail administration [4]
  • Jails [5]
  • Health services - jails [6]
  • Policy development [7]
  • Personnel management [8]
Sponsor(s): 
University of Tennessee County Technical Assistance Service
Tennessee Corrections Institute

Source URL: https://nicic.gov/back-normal-considerations-returning-jails-pre-covid-19-operations

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[1] https://nicic.gov/back-normal-considerations-returning-jails-pre-covid-19-operations
[2] http://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/sites/default/files/COVID-19 Back to Normal Jail Operations May 2020.pdf
[3] https://nicic.gov/tags/emergency-plans-pandemic-covid-19
[4] https://nicic.gov/tags/jail-administration
[5] https://nicic.gov/tags/jails
[6] https://nicic.gov/tags/health-services-jails
[7] https://nicic.gov/tags/policy-development
[8] https://nicic.gov/tags/personnel-management