Zimbabwe’s prison facilities: Preparedness for institutional COVID-19 outbreaks
Covid-19 cases and death are on the rise in Zimbabwe and other Southern African countries. This increase poses a major risk of outbreaks in institutions such as prisons and detention centers. Zimbabwe has a total of 46 main prisons that are overcrowded and without adequate running water, hand saniti...
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| author | Solomon Mukwenha Tafadzwa Dzinamarira Munyaradzi P. Mapingure Godfrey Musuka |
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| description | Covid-19 cases and death are on the rise in Zimbabwe and other Southern African countries. This increase poses a major risk of outbreaks in institutions such as prisons and detention centers. Zimbabwe has a total of 46 main prisons that are overcrowded and without adequate running water, hand sanitizers, and face masks for both prisoners and warden officers. Although the country has released some prisoners, it is still not enough to decongest the prisons and mitigate the Covid-19 risk. There is a need to further decongest the prisons, ensure facilities have adequate tap water, and consider the use of video and audio technology to minimize visitors to inmates. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11f25620720449f3ad52e75728e2b77b2022-12-21T18:13:23ZengElsevierPublic Health in Practice2666-53522021-11-012100089Zimbabwe’s prison facilities: Preparedness for institutional COVID-19 outbreaksSolomon Mukwenha0Tafadzwa Dzinamarira1Munyaradzi P. Mapingure2Godfrey Musuka3ICAP at Columbia University, Harare, Zimbabwe; Corresponding author. ICAP at Columbia University, 107 King George Avenue, Avondale Harare, Zimbabwe.Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South AfricaICAP at Columbia University, Harare, ZimbabweICAP at Columbia University, Harare, ZimbabweCovid-19 cases and death are on the rise in Zimbabwe and other Southern African countries. This increase poses a major risk of outbreaks in institutions such as prisons and detention centers. Zimbabwe has a total of 46 main prisons that are overcrowded and without adequate running water, hand sanitizers, and face masks for both prisoners and warden officers. Although the country has released some prisoners, it is still not enough to decongest the prisons and mitigate the Covid-19 risk. There is a need to further decongest the prisons, ensure facilities have adequate tap water, and consider the use of video and audio technology to minimize visitors to inmates.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000148Covid-19PrisonsDetention centersPrisoner |
| spellingShingle | Solomon Mukwenha Tafadzwa Dzinamarira Munyaradzi P. Mapingure Godfrey Musuka Zimbabwe’s prison facilities: Preparedness for institutional COVID-19 outbreaks Public Health in Practice Covid-19 Prisons Detention centers Prisoner |
| title | Zimbabwe’s prison facilities: Preparedness for institutional COVID-19 outbreaks |
| title_full | Zimbabwe’s prison facilities: Preparedness for institutional COVID-19 outbreaks |
| title_fullStr | Zimbabwe’s prison facilities: Preparedness for institutional COVID-19 outbreaks |
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| title_short | Zimbabwe’s prison facilities: Preparedness for institutional COVID-19 outbreaks |
| title_sort | zimbabwe s prison facilities preparedness for institutional covid 19 outbreaks |
| topic | Covid-19 Prisons Detention centers Prisoner |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000148 |
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