Infectious disease patients from prisons

COVID-19 infected inmates, classified by male and female. The risk of contracting COVID-19 depends on three factors: (1) high-risk groups, (2) high-risk locations, and (3) high-risk activities. It is found that inmates are a group facing all three risk factors. They have the opportunity to encounter high-risk groups, which may refer to officers, visitors, or even newly admitted inmates who, despite screening processes, may have long incubation periods and thus have the opportunity to come into contact with high-risk groups. High-risk locations: Due to the conditions of prisons, 60% of prisons in various countries worldwide have an inmate population exceeding the prison's capacity, or what is called "prison overcrowding." This crowded environment leads to high-risk activities. A large number of inmates must live together in crowded, cramped conditions in enclosed areas and share resources. Some prisons lack basic hygiene supplies (such as soap, toothpaste, and shampoo), clean water, and medicine, as well as issues of conflict and violence within prisons. Therefore, social distancing measures and avoiding contact, which are basic methods of preventing infection, cannot be directly applied in prisons as they are in other places. The World Health Organization (WHO) has also issued guidelines stating that prisons and detention facilities are areas at risk of rapid spread and should not be overlooked, along with the preparation of a manual for prison practitioners during the COVID-19 outbreak titled "Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and detention facilities" (Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prison

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Category:

ข้อมูลสาธารณะ

Geographic coverage:

จังหวัด

Update frequency:

วัน

Years covered:

2020–2022

Source portal:

gdcatalog

Updated:

30/09/2022

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