Visitors,
Volunteers,
Contractors,
Lawyers
Adopted measures
Countries
• Assessment of visitors’ health through the measurement of fever (ICPA, 2020).
AR; BG; BR; GH; HK;
NZ; PL; SG; UY; Vic, AU;
WA, AU
• Assessment of visitors’ health through a self-reporting questionnaire to
exclude symptoms (WHO,2020).
All visitors to provide their travel history (ICPA, 2020).
All visitors required to wear surgical masks (ICPA, 2020; EUROPRIS, 2020).
Preference for box visits (ICPA, 2020; EUROPRIS, 2020).
Visitors to wash their hands with disinfectant gel before entering the
prison, which must be overseen by prison staff (ARP, 2020).
• Visits to be organised in shifts, in order to avoid the agglomeration of
people in the different sectors (ICPA, 2020).
• Visitors over 60 years old, visitors who suffer from chronic illnesses,
pregnant women and minors will not allowed to visit (ICPA, 2020).
• Informing visitors about the importance of not attending the
establishment if they feel unwell (WHO, 2020).
GH; NSW, AU; Vic, AU;
WA, AU
• Visit rooms and visit boxes to be cleaned and disinfected frequently (ICPA,
EE; HK; NZ; IT; TR; Vic,
AU
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COVID-19 in prisons
A strict risk analysis of any
outside contacts must be
carried out so that contagion
is limited.
2020; EUROPRIS, 2020).
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In specific, lawyers who must enter in obligatory cases (ICPA: General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses, 2020).
inmates undergoing the Maximum-Security regime will continue to receive visits; such visits are in premises separated from the
visitors by a glass partition (EUROPRIS: Department of Prison Administration of Italy, 2020).
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Minors are not allowed to visit if showing signs of flue (ICPA: Departamento Penitenciario Nacional, 2020).
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MD; Vic, AU; WA, AU
HK; IT; SK; TR56
IT57; Vic, AU
GH; HK; NZ; UY
UY
BR58; UY
BG; BR; EE; HK; NSW,
AU
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