State of New Jersey "Protecting Public Safety by Changing Offender Behavior" |
Commissioner Victoria L. Kuhn, Esq. |
VISITATION (Updated May 5, 2023)
Effective May 6, 2023, the NJDOC will be returning to pre-pandemic indoor, contact visitation guidelines.
Each institution will continue with pre-visit scheduling by appointment only and allow the institution to inform potential visitors of any relevant rules, guidelines, approvals, and expectations and avoid unforeseen issues during the in-person visit.
Sanitation before and after visit sessions will continue to be performed by staff.
Please note that, though masking is not required, staff, visitors, and incarcerated persons will be permitted to mask, and surgical masks will be available for such requests.
Visitation guidelines are subject to revision to enhanced mitigation efforts in the event of an institutional outbreak or based on community transmission levels. Enhanced prevention strategies in such cases are vetted through the NJDOC Health Services Unit, Rutgers UCHC, and NJDOH.
MITIGATION GUIDELINES (Updated Feb. 20, 2023)
Guidelines for staff and incarcerated person COVID-19 mitigation are developed based on CDC recommendations. All updates are in consultation with the Health Service Unit, Rutgers University contracted healthcare provider, and the New Jersey Department of Health. Continual monitoring and data trending of NJDOC incarcerated persons, staff, and community spread levels have additionally informed these decisions.
The following measures are required:
TESTING
Per recent CDC guidance, routine weekly asymptomatic testing will be suspended for all incarcerated persons.
QUARANTINE
Per recent CDC guidance, contacts of COVID positive individuals will no longer be routinely quarantined. Instead, contacts determined by proximity to positive individuals (e.g., bunkmate) or through contact tracing will be tested on or after day five (from the date of last exposure). In addition, contacts should be given surgical masks and strongly advised to wear a mask whenever outside sleeping areas for ten days from the date of exposure.
In circumstances where the need for non-routine quarantine arises, CDC guidance will be used to determine quarantine parameters. Such considerations include cohort size, testing, and masking.
SANITIZING
Frequent sanitizing of common areas is required.
MASKING AND PPE
GENERAL
Staff should not report to work if they are sick.
Tests | 1,053,919 |
Cumulative Positives | 15,312 |
Fully vaccinated | 62.30% * |
Vaccine Doses Distributed | 31,516 |
• First Dose | 11,676 |
• Second Dose | 10,263 |
• Booster | 9,577 |
Deaths | 60 * |
Tests | 577,529 |
Cumulative Positives | 10,259 |
Vax Rate | 72.5% * |
* Vax rate is defined as staff who received at least one 1st dose of a two dose vaccine, or the single dose J & J vaccine; as required under EO 283.