SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Among Incarcerated People: A Barrier to Overcome

Fiore, Vito; Vito, Andrea De; Madeddu, Giordano; Babudieri, Sergio

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.704520

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“…Since the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine has been established, and since inmates are a fragile population with high mortality, vaccination should be a priority in prisons. Vaccination, in fact, represents an effective weapon to reduce epidemic outbreaks, morbidity, and related COVID-19 mortality of inmates inside prisons [ 78 , 79 ].…”

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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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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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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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“…The pre-triage system distinguished prisoners in three risk-based categories, providing different instructions for each one, according to Italian Ministry of Health’s provisions: treatment and isolation for symptomatic prisoners (fever of 37.5 °C, sore throat, respiratory difficulty, and flu-like/COVID-19-like symptoms/pneumonia); evaluation for asymptomatic or pauci-symptomatic and negative tested inmates in close contact with a confirmed case; and isolation for 14 days for prisoners who were asymptomatic and tested positive [ 8 ].…”

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“…Some authors have taken issue with the access to vaccinations as an effective and critical problem in terms of prevention, due to the intrinsic fragility of the inmate population [ 8 ]. Despite their priority for vaccination, the inmates seem, however, to have had a slower and more prolonged time of access, if compared to police and prison workers, who belonged to the same risk class.…”

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“…Many measures and strategies were also specifically thought of for prisons and considered the close link between the community, prisoners, and prison employees. Few recent studies have analyzed the impact of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in the jails of several Regions of the Country and focused on the adopted measures, including the commutation of the sentences to home detention and the implementation of strict hygiene and case-management protocols [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”

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Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third Wave

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The SARS-CoV-2 spread is a threatening and challenging issue for correctional systems worldwide because of many factors, particularly overcrowding and of the intrinsic characteristics of the population. The prevention measures adopted by the Italian Government were aimed to protect and preserve both inmates’ and prison workers’ health. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the adopted strategies. Methods: Data regarding Italian prisons’ occupation and prisoners’ population from January 2019 to June 2021, as well as the cumulative weekly increase of confirmed cases and the number of doses of vaccine administered among the population of inmates, the prison workers, and Italian population from November 2020 to the end of June 2021, were collected. Results: Prisons’ occupation dropped from 120% to 106% after the beginning of the pandemics. The confirmed cases between inmates were consistently lower than among the Italian population and prison workers. A time-series chart showed a time lag of one week between the peaks of the different population. Conclusions: The containing strategies adopted by the Italian correctional system have proved their effectiveness in terms of the prevention and protection of both inmate and staff health.

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“…Nachvollziehbar ist somit auch, dass sowohl auf ethischer Grundlage als auch im Interesse des Infektionsschutzes eine Priorisierung inhaftierter bzw. untergebrachter Personen im Zuge nationaler Impfkampagnen gegen COVID-19 geboten ist [ 7 , 20 ].…”

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COVID-19-Impfungen im Maßregelvollzug: einige Überlegungen zu ethischen und juristischen Aspekten

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SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Among Incarcerated People: A Barrier to Overcome

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The Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Prisons and Prevention Strategies: A Systematic Review and a New Strategic Protocol of Prevention

The Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Prisons and Prevention Strategies: A Systematic Review and a New Strategic Protocol of Prevention

Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third Wave

COVID-19-Impfungen im Maßregelvollzug: einige Überlegungen zu ethischen und juristischen Aspekten

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