Abstract
Prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in prison: Feedback from an experience in a French remand center.
Highlights
We implemented the following measures: any detained person arriving in prison must disinfect their hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer (ABHS), must wear a surgical mask, must take his temperature, and must declare any clinical signs
Walks are authorized in compliance with social distancing measures: wearing a surgical mask, respecting the distances between inmates, disinfecting the hands with ABHS
Prisoners suspected of COVID-19 are screened in the health unit by nasopharyngeal swab
Summary
We implemented the following measures: any detained person arriving in prison must disinfect their hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer (ABHS), must wear a surgical mask, must take his temperature, and must declare any clinical signs. Detainees are isolated in a cell for 14 days before joining the detention quarters. Supervisors and detainees routinely wear surgical masks during close physical contact. Walks are authorized in compliance with social distancing measures: wearing a surgical mask, respecting the distances between inmates, disinfecting the hands with ABHS.
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