Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Response in Correctional and Detention Facilities
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected persons held in and working in correctional and detention facilities, causing facilities’ traditional priorities to shift when healthcare and public health needs temporarily drove many aspects of operations. During July–August 2022, we interviewed m...
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| author | Caroline Waddell Ashley Meehan Megan Schoonveld Zoe Kaplan Michael Bien Claire Bailey Emily Mosites Liesl M. Hagan |
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The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected persons held in and working in correctional and detention facilities, causing facilities’ traditional priorities to shift when healthcare and public health needs temporarily drove many aspects of operations. During July–August 2022, we interviewed members of health departments and criminal justice organizations to document lessons learned from the COVID-19 response in correctional settings. Participants valued enhanced partnerships, flexibility, and innovation, as well as real-time data and corrections-specific public health guidance. Challenges included cross-sector collaborations, population density, scarcity of equipment and supplies, and mental health. Most participants reported improved relationships between criminal justice and public health organizations during the pandemic. Lessons from COVID-19 can be applied to everyday public health preparedness and emergency response in correctional facilities by ensuring representation of correctional health in public health strategy and practice and providing timely, data-driven, and partner-informed guidance tailored to correctional environments when public health needs arise.
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| spelling | doaj.art-66a158bcac4346a6b7cadd49925d35f12024-04-04T00:34:32ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592024-04-01301351210.3201/eid3013.230776Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Response in Correctional and Detention FacilitiesCaroline WaddellAshley MeehanMegan SchoonveldZoe KaplanMichael BienClaire BaileyEmily MositesLiesl M. Hagan The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected persons held in and working in correctional and detention facilities, causing facilities’ traditional priorities to shift when healthcare and public health needs temporarily drove many aspects of operations. During July–August 2022, we interviewed members of health departments and criminal justice organizations to document lessons learned from the COVID-19 response in correctional settings. Participants valued enhanced partnerships, flexibility, and innovation, as well as real-time data and corrections-specific public health guidance. Challenges included cross-sector collaborations, population density, scarcity of equipment and supplies, and mental health. Most participants reported improved relationships between criminal justice and public health organizations during the pandemic. Lessons from COVID-19 can be applied to everyday public health preparedness and emergency response in correctional facilities by ensuring representation of correctional health in public health strategy and practice and providing timely, data-driven, and partner-informed guidance tailored to correctional environments when public health needs arise. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/13/23-0776_articleCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2coronavirus diseasesevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2virusesrespiratory infections |
| spellingShingle | Caroline Waddell Ashley Meehan Megan Schoonveld Zoe Kaplan Michael Bien Claire Bailey Emily Mosites Liesl M. Hagan Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Response in Correctional and Detention Facilities Emerging Infectious Diseases COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viruses respiratory infections |
| title | Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Response in Correctional and Detention Facilities |
| title_full | Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Response in Correctional and Detention Facilities |
| title_fullStr | Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Response in Correctional and Detention Facilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Response in Correctional and Detention Facilities |
| title_short | Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Response in Correctional and Detention Facilities |
| title_sort | lessons learned from covid 19 response in correctional and detention facilities |
| topic | COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viruses respiratory infections |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/13/23-0776_article |
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