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EuroPris Working Group on Covid Learnings
Report from Penal Reform International (PRI): COVID-19 Vaccinations for Prison Populations and Staff: Report on Global Scan
The outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 virus confront Prison Services daily with new challenges.
Prison Services are dealing with closed environments and this makes it especially difficult to provide for the right care for both, prisoners and staff working in prisons.
Prison Services are eager to hear from their colleagues in other European countries, how they are dealing with this situation, what approaches and measures they took to keep the situation as much as possible under control.
On this page we would like to gather and share all regulations/protocols/approaches European Prison Services or related organisations have drafted or taken in order to deal with the Covid-19 virus.
If you have information to add to this page, please mail [email protected]
This page will be updated every day.
Prison Services are under huge pressure to limit the impact of COVID-19 and keep it out of the closed prison environment. To that regard, EuroPris has collected information from its members and presented in four reports below.
Click here to see first report (30 March 2020)
Click here to see second report (22 April 2020)
Click here to see third report (24 July 2020)
Click here to see the fourth report (16 November 2020)
When the outbreak began, most prison services immediately suspended visits, to help protect prisoners and staff against outbreaks amongst the prison population. Most prison services have now started to implement measures and policies to facilitate either physical visits or alternatives means of contact. These fact sheets presents an overview of the measures for in person visits – not alternatives such as video conferencing or compensation measures.
Fact sheet on Overcrowding (July 2020)
Fact sheet on Prison Visits (May 2020)
EuroPris is managing a mailing group prison experts and provides since 30 March daily updates of all collected responses from the group. The daily updates are provided in pdf format; the responses in red are those received on this particular day.
Click here to download the feedback collection.
Proud to participate in the #WeApplaud campaign to give recognition to the commitment and professionalism of our colleagues in prison and probation services around the world.
Click here to see the campaign.
De Rode Antraciet (DRA) has developed [email protected] to promote sports and exercise in the cell again. Considering current situation in prisons regarding COVID-19 and limitations in movement and activities of the prisoners, [email protected] offers a great alternative for prisoners to exercise and stay healthy in their cells.
Click here to download the workouts and read further.
The French Ministry of Justice, Department of Prisons sent out a query about the approach on taking procedures issued by their national administration towards the emergency of the corona spread in prison, probation centers, etc.
Click here to view answers from 15 member states.
Statement issued by the Council for Penological Co-operation Working Group (17 April 2020): ENG / FR
Statement issued by the Council for Penological Co-operation Working Group (14 October 2020):
WHO/Europe article on COVID-19 can be read here
WHO interim guidance – Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention(15 March 2020): ENG / DE / FR / IT
IASC Interim Guidance on COVID-19
Click here to read UNODC position paper on COVID-19 in prisons (31 March 2020) : ENG
Click here to read UNODC position paper on COVID-19 in different languages: AR / ES / FR / RU / ZH / PT
Technical Note on Covid-19 and children’s deprivation of liberty
The French National Correctional Administration Academy (ENAP) sent out a query on staff training during the COVID-19 crisis to the European Penitentiary Training Academies Network (EPTA).
Click here to view the answers on the EPTA website.
EPEA has created a special webpage dedicated to sharing how education from a safe distance can be made possible, click here to consult their page.
COPE published a newsletter with a collection of good practices on how children and families of prisoners are supported during COVID-19.
REPR has written a short guide on using videoconferencing (Skype) with small children, click here to read the guide: FR / ENG
The ICPA is also providing information from their members regarding COVID-19 on their website. To consult their information please click here.
Click here to read the second publication of the SPACE I report – Prisons and Prisoners in Europe in Pandemic Times: An evaluation of the medium-term impact of the COVID-19 on prison populations.
Click here to read SPACE I report – Prisons and Prisoners in Europe in Pandemic Times: An evaluation of the short-term impact of the COVID-19 on prison populations.
