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 at all entrances. |
(d) | all other persons entering 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; |
(f) | no person shall be permitted 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; and |
(g) | no person shall be permitted to visit any correctional facility without scheduling an appointment with the relevant Correctional Services authorities prior to such visit. |