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The pandemic in prison: interventions and overisolation. / A pandemia no cárcere: intervenções no superisolamento.
Carvalho, Sérgio Garófalo de; Santos, Andreia Beatriz Silva Dos; Santos, Ivete Maria.
  • Carvalho SG; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil, sergiogarofalo@hotmail.com.
  • Santos ABSD; Secretaria de Administração Penitenciária e Ressocialização, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
  • Santos IM; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil, sergiogarofalo@hotmail.com.
Cien Saude Colet ; 25(9): 3493-3502, 2020 Sep.
Article in English, Portuguese | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-910846
ABSTRACT
Prisional health is, in its essence, public health. The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great threat to the world and has shown that preventing the disease escalation in prisons integrates the novel corona virus clash in society in general. Up to this moment, the most effective known measure to curb the disease spread is social isolation. Nevertheless, in penal institutions, often overcrowded, social isolation becomes difficult to carry out and, when it happens, it takes the enclosed population to overisolation, with consequences to their mental health. Besides, prisoners suffer with clogged up environment, lack of materials for personal hygiene, poor basic sanitary conditions and difficulties in accessing health services. This paper deals with a narrative review on the pandemic effects in prisons and how government and civil society have organized themselves in order to reduce the disease consequences at those places. The text has been divided into three sections the first with literature review on the current health theme; the second discusses how different countries have been dealing with the prison situation in the pandemic context, and, the last part focuses on how the Brazilian Penal System has reacted to the new disease.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Prisons / Prisoners / Coronavirus Infections Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Reviews Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English / Portuguese Journal: Cien Saude Colet Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Prisons / Prisoners / Coronavirus Infections Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Reviews Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English / Portuguese Journal: Cien Saude Colet Year: 2020 Document Type: Article