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Table 2 Key domains of COVID-19 response derived from recommendations

From: A rapid review of early guidance to prevent and control COVID-19 in custodial settings

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Domain

Sub-domain

1

Planning and preparedness

Facility-level

Regional

2

Creating safer physical environments

Personal and hand hygiene

Cleaning and sanitation

Physical distancing

Cohorting

Day-to-day personal protective equipment (PPE)

Ventilation

Non-medical transfers

3

Case identification and screening

 

4

Case management

Clinical management

Medical isolation

PPE

Medical referral and transfer

Contact tracing

5

Communicating to people in custody, staff, and families

 

6

External access and visitation

In-person access and visitation

Remote access and visitation

7

Psychological and emotional support

Support for people in custody

Support for staff

Support for families

8

Adapting healthcare provision

 

9

Adapting recreation, programming, and services

 

10

Adapting legal services and processes

Hearings and court proceedings

Access to legal representation

Bail, remand, probation, parole and community supervision

11

Decarceration

Reducing justice or immigration system involvement

Releasing people in custody

12

Release and community reintegration

Pre-release needs assessment

Post-release support

13

Workforce logistics

Staff briefings and training

Staffing policies and protocols

Managing staff as confirmed cases or close contacts

14

Surveillance and information sharing

 

15

Independent monitoring and inspection

 

16

Compensatory measures

 

17

Lifting control measures

 

18

Learning systems and evaluative frameworks

 

19

Key populations and settings*

Youth detention

Immigration detention

Forensic psychiatric

Low-middle income countries (LMIC)

Women

Elderly

Indigenous peoples

People with a disability

People who use alcohol and other drugs (AOD)

People with mental illness

Other key populations

  1. * Key populations were identified in the data when a specific recommendation was made for a population subgroup, and therefore do not represent all populations of people in custody