ODRC currently has a population of nearly 50,000 male and female inmates, the vast majority of whom, because of their close proximity and contact with each other in living/housing units and food halls, are especially vulnerable to contracting and spreading COVID-19; slimited housing capacity to isolate and quarantine inmates who present as symptomatic for, or test positive for, COVID-19 ODRC shall develop and implement procedures, including suspending or adopting temporary rules with an agency's authority, consistent with recommendation from the Department of Health designed to prevent or alleviate the COVID-19 public health threat.
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