Adopted measures
Interinstitutional
Coordination and
the Reduction of
Overcrowding
• Planning and robust collaborative arrangements between sectors(health
and justice or interior, as applicable) (ARP, 2020; WHO, 2020).
• Reviewal of continuity and contingency plans
COVID-19 in prisons
A complex challenge that
requires effective
interinstitutional
cooperation between the
different Criminal Justice,
Health and Social Services,
the Military and other
relevant stakeholders.
(ARP, 2020; WHO,2020).
• Assessment of the need for Personal Protection Equipment and other
essential suppliers in order to ensure continuity of provision and
immediate availability (WHO, 2020).
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Countries
BR1; BG; CZE; GH; GT2 ;
IT3; MD; ND, USA; NL;
NO; NSW, AU; NZ; PY;
OR, USA; PL; SK; UK;
WA, AU; PT
BE; BR; BG; DK; ES; FI;
HK; LU; MD; NO; NZ; PL;
QLD, AU; SG; PT; SK, PT
AT; BE; BG; NZ; ND,
USA; WA, AU; NSW, AU;
TR; SG; SK; PT; LV4
• Redistribution of inmates in different prisons (ICPA, 2020).
FI
• Government to allow two months reduction in sentence in less heinous
crimes.
PK
Campaigns for free services to the inmate population, through the coordination between the Judiciary System, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Public Defenders and
Bar Association, aiming at the implementation of non-custodial measures (ICPA: Departamento Penitenciârio National, 2020).
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Juvenile offenders system (ARP: Sistema Penitenciario Guatemalteco, 2020)
3 Creation of a database of “Critical events”, comprising the following details: inmates’ date of entry, allocation, co-inmates sharing the cell, participation in group
activities, if any, placement in healthcare confinement, actions and interventions carried out, possible hospitalisation; in what regards staff members, listing of
type of service performed, contacts with other staff or other inmates, whether they are accommodated in barracks, actions and interventions carried out,
possible hospitalisation. All this information is then forwarded to the crisis unit at the Headquarters (EUROPRIS: Department of Prison Administration of Italy,
2020).
4 At the entrance of the prison (EUROPRIS: Latvian Prison Administration, 2020).
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