UNODC COVID-19 Policy Documents
by WEPHRENCOVID-19 Guidance for Prison Settings
by WEPHRENThis is the first in a series of publications in which report findings the Impact-C19P project which examines how Covid-19 impacted on the delivery and receipt of prison healthcare. Find out more about Impact-C19P here
With over 11 million people incarcerated globally, prevention and control of COVID-19 in custodial settings is a critical component of the public health response. Given the risk of rapid transmission in these settings, it is important to know what guidance existed for responding to COVID-19 in the early stages of the pandemic. We sought to identify, collate, and summarise guidance for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in custodial settings in the first six months of 2020.
During a COVID-19 outbreak involving the Delta variant in a highly vaccinated incarcerated population, transmission rates were high, even among vaccinated persons.