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Table 5 Policy responses to COVID

From: “The COVID-19 pandemic and operational challenges, impacts, and lessons learned: a multi-methods study of U.S. prison systems”

  

Yes

No

Valid N

%

(n)

%

(n)

Reporting to public health board

31

97%

(30)

3%

(1)

 Communicate daily

28

64%

(18)

36%

(10)

 Communicate weekly/monthly

28

36%

(10)

64%

(18)

Implemented NIMS

28

64%

(18)

36%

(10)

Policy leveraging

 Relied mostly on new policy

30

30%

(9)

70%

(21)

 Relied equally on new/existing policy

30

63%

(19)

27%

(11)

 Relied mostly on existing policy

30

7%

(2)

93%

(28)