Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third Wave
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...
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| author | Raimondo Vella Gabriele Giuga Giorgia Piizzi Danilo Alunni Fegatelli Giulia Petroni Alessandro Mauro Tavone Saverio Potenza Andrea Cammarano Gabriele Mandarelli Gian Luca Marella |
| author_facet | Raimondo Vella Gabriele Giuga Giorgia Piizzi Danilo Alunni Fegatelli Giulia Petroni Alessandro Mauro Tavone Saverio Potenza Andrea Cammarano Gabriele Mandarelli Gian Luca Marella |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-00c15a8acb9c442a8647885ed8018b882023-11-23T20:09:24ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-01-0110228210.3390/healthcare10020282Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third WaveRaimondo Vella0Gabriele Giuga1Giorgia Piizzi2Danilo Alunni Fegatelli3Giulia Petroni4Alessandro Mauro Tavone5Saverio Potenza6Andrea Cammarano7Gabriele Mandarelli8Gian Luca Marella9Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, ItalySection of Legal Medicine, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, ItalySection of Legal Medicine, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalySection of Legal Medicine, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, ItalySection of Legal Medicine, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, ItalySection of Legal Medicine, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, ItalySection of Legal Medicine, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, ItalyInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 7024 Bari, ItalyForensic Pathology Section, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, ItalyThe 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/2/282prison healthcare systems and governanceprison environmentinmates and infectious diseasesCOVID-19 and prisoncompatibility of the prisoner’s health conditions with imprisonmentprison workers and their protection |
| spellingShingle | Raimondo Vella Gabriele Giuga Giorgia Piizzi Danilo Alunni Fegatelli Giulia Petroni Alessandro Mauro Tavone Saverio Potenza Andrea Cammarano Gabriele Mandarelli Gian Luca Marella Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third Wave Healthcare prison healthcare systems and governance prison environment inmates and infectious diseases COVID-19 and prison compatibility of the prisoner’s health conditions with imprisonment prison workers and their protection |
| title | Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third Wave |
| title_full | Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third Wave |
| title_fullStr | Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third Wave |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third Wave |
| title_short | Health Management in Italian Prisons during COVID-19 Outbreak: A Focus on the Second and Third Wave |
| title_sort | health management in italian prisons during covid 19 outbreak a focus on the second and third wave |
| topic | prison healthcare systems and governance prison environment inmates and infectious diseases COVID-19 and prison compatibility of the prisoner’s health conditions with imprisonment prison workers and their protection |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/2/282 |
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