New Intake Screening Adopted measures Countries • Convicts and detainees suspected of Coronavirus not be sent to prisons before observation, evaluation and treatment at the hospital (ICPA, 2020). TR • New arrivals and returnees from parole are kept in isolation for 14 days (EUROPRIS, 2020; ICPA, 2020) • Screening at point of entry to prison (collection of information on any history of fever, cough and/or shortness of breath or other respiratory tract symptoms, measurement of fever, patients’ travel history and possible contact with confirmed in the last 14 days) (ARP, 2020 ; WHO, 2020). COVID-19 in prisons Ensuring the protection detainees’ health and wellbeing is fundamentally dependent on a holistic approach to new intakes to support the continued safe operation of prisons. BG; CZ; EE; ES; GH93; IT; PK; SG 94;; SK; TR; Vic, AU95 PT; AR; BE 96; BR; HK; IT97; SG; SK98; TR; Vic, AU; WA, AU • Particular attention to be paid to persons with contagious diseases (WHO,2020). CR99;NO100 ;PY101 • Establishing a procedure for immediate isolation of suspected cases (WHO, 2020). PT; BE; CZ; NO; Vic, AU • Suspension of new arrivals (ARP, 2020). • A list of all new inmates as well as those returning to prison to be sent daily to the prison’s medical department, indicating their body temperature (EUROPRIS, DK; ES; FI102; LV103; ND, USA104; NL105; NO106; SE BE 2020). • It is preferable that only well inmates from non-quarantined units are transferred between custodial facilities as far as possible (ICPA, 2020). 34 Vic, AU