Notwithstanding the pronounced Alert Level, the following measures apply during the national state of disaster:
| (a) |
All inmates, upon admission to correctional facilities, must be screened in terms of established protocols, quarantined in terms of national health COVID-19 guidelines and subjected to regulatory assessments before they are detained with the general inmate population; |
| (b) |
all inmates must be screened in terms of established protocols during incarceration, consultation with health care professionals and upon their release, placement or movement; |
| (c) |
all correctional officials must be screened on a daily basis; |
| (d) |
all external service providers and residents on correctional services premises must be screened before entering any correctional facility; |
| (e) |
social distancing measures must be implemented and maintained in terms of the standard operating procedures developed to deal with COVID-19; and |
| (f) |
no person shall be allowed to enter or be in a correctional facility, use any form of state transport, or enter a public building, place or premises, if that person is not wearing a face mask. |
Statistics Act, 1999
