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 • • • • COVID-19 in prisons A strict risk analysis of any outside contacts must be carried out so that contagion is limited. 2020; EUROPRIS, 2020). 56 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). 58 Minors are not allowed to visit if showing signs of flue (ICPA: Departamento Penitenciario Nacional, 2020). 57 25 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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