Bismarck\u00a0 Correctional facilities statewide in North Dakota will be moving to Phase II Visitation on June 1st.<\/p>\n
This comes as part of the plans to help combat COVID-19 spread among staff and inmates. Facilities restricted visitation for most of 2020 and 2021. The new plan will offer more options for visitation at correctional centers.<\/p>\n
The James River Correctional Center (JRCC)<\/strong> is encouraging visitation by family, friends, and community groups to maintain the morale of the population and to continue pro-social relationships. As part of the institution\u2019s continued mitigation efforts during the global pandemic, the following phase 2 visitation regulations will be implemented and maintained until phase 3 implementation or phase 2 being rescinded. Transition of phases is established by DOCR protocol.<\/p>\n The following protocols will be implemented at the JRCC for Phase II:<\/p>\n \u2022 All approved visits will be pre-scheduled by the JRCC visitation officer.<\/p>\n \u2022 All visitors will be required to call and pre-schedule their visit 48 hours in \u2022 All visitors, including minors 6 years and older, will be subject to a BinaxNOW test. Verbal consent to test a minor is required by the legal guardian. The legal guardian will be responsible to conduct the nasal swabbing on the minor.<\/p>\n \u2022 Only 1 approved adult visitor and a maximum of 3 approved minors will be \u2022 Only 32 visitors and 8 residents will be authorized in the visitation room at a \u2022 All visits will be scheduled for 1 hour.<\/p>\n \u2022 To ensure visitation equity among the population, each resident will be \u2022 Visitors will be escorted into the visitation room as a group. Visitors should arrive \u00bd hour before the scheduled visit to ensure time for processing.<\/p>\n \u2022 One brief embrace per visitor will be authorized at the beginning and end of the visitation period.<\/p>\n \u2022 Kissing is not authorized.<\/p>\n \u2022 Hand sanitizer will be provided in the visitation room.<\/p>\n \u2022 Neither resident nor visitor will be authorized to move any piece of furniture.<\/p>\n \u2022 Residents will be required to wear masks and goggles at all times.<\/p>\n \u2022 Minor visitors 6 years and older are required to wear masks at all times.<\/p>\n \u2022 Upon completion of the 1-hour visitation, the visiting room will be cleared and sanitized.<\/p>\n The James River Correctional Center was opened in 1998 on the grounds of the State Hospital in Jamestown, and is designed to hold medium-security men. Those with questions can contact the JRCC at 701-253-3660 or visit docr.nd.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bismarck\u00a0 Correctional facilities statewide in North Dakota will be moving to Phase II Visitation on June 1st. This comes as part of the plans to help combat COVID-19 spread among staff and inmates. Facilities restricted visitation for most of 2020 and 2021. The new plan will offer more options for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":202786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=226442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226443,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226442\/revisions\/226443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/202786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=226442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=226442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=226442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nadvance.<\/p>\n
\nauthorized during phase 2.<\/p>\n
\ntime.<\/p>\n
\nallowed 1 hour of visitation per week.<\/p>\n