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Table 7 Programming, recreation, and privilege policies

From: Policy and public communication methods among U.S. state prisons during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

Policy Description

Frequency

Policy Type

Policy Form

Who Policy Primarily Affects

N

%

DOC-specific

Public health

Expand access

Reduce access

Resident

Staff

System

Programming restricted in some way

48

96%

X

  

X

X

  

Work release jobs limited

16

32%

X

  

X

X

  

Expanded privileges (e.g., more snack line time)

11

22%

X

 

X

 

X

  

Reduced privileges (e.g., day passes, furloughs)

9

18%

X

  

X

X

  

Recreation/yard time increased

4

8%

X

 

X

 

X

  

Recreation/yard time decreased

4

8%

X

  

X

X

  

Recreation/yard time suspended

2

4%

X

  

X

X

  

% of policies monitored of total in category

  

100%

0%

28.6%

71.4%

100%

0%

0%