Prisons' preparedness for pandemic flu and the ethical issues

Hoff, G. van't; Fedosejeva, R.; Mihăilescu, L

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2009.04.003

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“…In addition to more general challenges in managing health issues within secure environments [ 50 , 51 ], we found evidence that dispersed correctional systems that combine rapid turnover (jails) and longer term (prisons) detention facilities, with frequent interfacility transfers, influence disease transmission dynamics. Rapid turnover creates an inflow of people in rapidly consecutive cohorts (a “revolving doors” effect [ 52 ]). An inflow of susceptible people within a closed or semi-open community experiencing an outbreak, has been shown to slow the creation of herd immunity and can act as a transmission amplifier [ 53 , 54 ], while interfacility transfers can facilitate disease spread: “ Contacts occurred during inmate transports between prisons, at a courthouse, and within the prisons (…) Prisons and prison transport vehicles are crowded environments that create potential for the spread of respiratory and other infections including measles, rubella, chickenpox, tuberculosis and meningococcal disease.…”

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“…The transport system that supports a devolved correctional system, sets this environment apart from other crowded environments such as boarding schools, and aligns it with aspects of military camps ” [ 55 ]. All this, combined with factors associated with living conditions, can favour infectious disease transmission: “ Detainees are more likely to become infected as a result of significant overcrowding in prisons, poor living conditions, poor nutrition, and physical and emotional stress ” [ 52 ]. Finally, it should be noted that “ If an individual is in a correctional institution, the primary purpose of the setting are custody and confinement.…”

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Key Dimensions for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in Institutional Settings: A Scoping Review to Guide the Development of a Tool to Strengthen Preparedness at Migrant Holding Centres in the EU/EEA

Riccardo

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Espinosa

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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Migrant centres, as other institutions hosting closed or semi-open communities, may face specific challenges in preventing and controlling communicable disease transmission, particularly during times of large sudden influx. However, there is dearth of evidence on how to prioritise investments in aspects such as human resources, medicines and vaccines, sanitation and disinfection, and physical infrastructures to prevent/control communicable disease outbreaks. We analysed frequent drivers of communicable disease transmission/issues for outbreak management in institutions hosting closed or semi-open communities, including migrant centres, and reviewed existing assessment tools to guide the development of a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) checklist tool to strengthen preparedness against communicable disease outbreaks in migrant centres. Among articles/reports focusing specifically on migrant centres, outbreaks through multiple types of disease transmission were described as possible/occurred. Human resources and physical infrastructure were the dimensions most frequently identified as crucial for preventing and mitigating outbreaks. This review also recognised a lack of common agreed standards to guide and assess preparedness activities in migrant centres, thereby underscoring the need for a capacity-oriented ECDC preparedness checklist tool.

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Key Dimensions for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in Institutional Settings: A Scoping Review to Guide the Development of a Tool to Strengthen Preparedness at Migrant Holding Centres in the EU/EEA

Riccardo

Suk

Espinosa

et al. 2018

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“…This current coronavirus pandemic has been difficult to manage in all countries and contexts. Prisons and other correctional facilities are, by their very nature, places of close physical proximity (the main frequent mechanisms of contagion and transmission ofCOVID- 19), particularly sensitive to the impact of this pandemic (Bedford et al, 2020;Hoff et al, 2009;WHO, 2020b).…”

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Corrections and Crime in Spain and Portugal during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Impact, Prevention and Lessons for the Future

Redondo

Gonçalves

Nistal

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This paper analyzes the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on corrections and crime in the southern region of Europe formed by Spain and Portugal. The main mechanisms of transmission of Covid-19 are the physical proximity between people and the fact of sharing eventually infected targets. In prisons and other correctional contexts people live in close proximity and share the same facilities. As a result, the correctional context has proven to be a critical "hot spot" for the transmission of the Covid-19 pandemic in inmates and correctional staff. First, the magnitude of the infection and their associated health and psychosocial problems (prison incidents, social isolation.. .) are described. Second, the main sanitary, social, and correctional measures applied to prevent contagion and their related damages are presented (lockdown, use of communication technologies with families, etc.). Third, it is analyzed whether there has been a relationship between the confinement caused by the pandemic and the crime rates observed in Spain and Portugal during this same period. Finally, from the impact in corrections of pandemic and the actions taken to fight it, several important lessons are derived for the future improvement of correctional systems.

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“…Such capacities have recently been documented in the Philippines (Gaillard, Casing‐Baring, Sacayan, Balay‐As, & Santos, ). In parallel, a larger number of studies have dealt with the effect of infectious disease and epidemics in prisons and therefore provide useful elements of comparison when dealing with disasters (e.g., Fraser, ; Rieder et al., ; Schwartz, ; Van't Hoff, Fedosejeva, & Mihailescu, ).…”

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Disaster risk reduction and emergency management in prison: A scoping study from New Zealand

Dé

Gaillard

2017

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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This research note provides insights on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and emergency management in New Zealand prisons. It draws upon a scoping study that explores the exposure of prisons and identifies vulnerabilities and capacities of prisoners. This study also documents policies and practices for DRR and emergency management. It reveals that increasing awareness at the national level and improved DRR policies and emergency management initiatives may still prove insufficient to deal with increasing exposure and the particular vulnerability of a quickly growing number of inmates. The intrinsic capacities of these inmates also remain untapped. This research note further highlights the critical lack of collaboration between stakeholders of prison management, DRR and emergency management in New Zealand.

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Prisons' preparedness for pandemic flu and the ethical issues

Cited by 16 publications

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Key Dimensions for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in Institutional Settings: A Scoping Review to Guide the Development of a Tool to Strengthen Preparedness at Migrant Holding Centres in the EU/EEA

Key Dimensions for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in Institutional Settings: A Scoping Review to Guide the Development of a Tool to Strengthen Preparedness at Migrant Holding Centres in the EU/EEA

Corrections and Crime in Spain and Portugal during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Impact, Prevention and Lessons for the Future

Disaster risk reduction and emergency management in prison: A scoping study from New Zealand

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