ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022
The Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Prisons and Prevention Strategies: A Systematic Review and a New Strategic Protocol of Prevention.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Respect for bioethical principles and human rights in prisons: a systematic review on the state of the art.BMC medical ethics · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 for people experiencing homelessness and their effectiveness: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Understanding Deaths in Custodial Environments: A Systematic Review of Global Trends and Risk Factors.Cureus · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of key - population COVID - 19 prevention depends on overall community - level control: a correctional facility outbreak study in Guangdong, China.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Surveillance of Viral Respiratory Infections within Maximum-Security Prison, Australia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Insights into SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance among Prison Populations in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, in 2022.Viruses · 2024Article
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- "It's just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong": Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
- Design of Personal Health Libraries for People Returning from Incarceration in the United States.Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences · 2024Article
- Mapping vulnerability for increased COVID-19 susceptibility and worse outcomes: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Dynamic Contact Networks of Residents of an Urban Jail in the Era of SARS-CoV-2.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- The Floating Signifier of 'Safety': Correctional Officer Perspectives on COVID-19 Restrictions, Legitimacy and Prison Order.The British journal of criminology · 2023Article
- "Feeling Trapped in Prison" Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perceptions and Practices among Healthcare Workers and Prison Staff from a Brazilian Maximum Security Unit.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Rates of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between and into California state prisons.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Meanings and Experiences of Prisoners and Family Members Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Brazilian Prison Unit: A Grounded Theory Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Fear of COVID-19, Mental Health and Resilient Coping in Young Adult Male Inmates: A Portuguese Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Torture and Maltreatment in Prison: A Medico-Legal Perspective.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- SARS-CoV2 Infection and Comorbidity in Inmates: A Study of Central Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Knowledge and Preventive Measures of COVID-19 Among Prison and Detention Center Staffs in Bench-Sheko Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.Environmental health insights · 2023Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Health risks within prisons are well known and have worsened with the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), becoming a public health emergency. To date, there are more than 10 million inmates in the world; in most cases, conditions are bad and health care is scarce. A SARS-CoV-2 outbreak inside a prison is extremely rapid. The aim of this systematic review was to analyze all possible prevention techniques to reduce the risk of COVID-19 related infection within prisons. A systematic review of the literature was performed according to the PRISMA guidelines. Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and Google Scholar were used as search engines from 1 January 2020 to 1 November 2021 to evaluate the prevention of COVID-19 in prisoners. A total of 1757 articles were collected. Of them, 486 duplicates were removed. A total of 1250 articles did not meet the inclusion criteria. In conclusion, 21 articles were included in the present systematic review. From this analysis, it emerged that the most common COVID-19 prevention methods were the screening of the entire population (prisoners and workers) inside the prison through swab analysis and the reduction in overcrowding in prisons. Few studies concerned the prevention of COVID-19 infection through vaccination and the implementation of quarantine. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review that evaluates the prevention of COVID-19 within jails and the real effectiveness of all possible methods used and published in the literature. Finally, a very useful strategic protocol is provided to reduce the incidence of infection and to control and manage COVID-19 in prisons.
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