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Recommended Non-Pharmacological Measures to Prevent and Control Covid-19 in the Prison System: A Scoping Review

Willie Otávio Bueno Bernardi1, Melisane Regina Lima Ferreira1, Nanci Michele Saita1, Keila Diane Lima de Sousa1, Rubia Laine de Paula Andrade1*, Mellina Yamamura2, Aline Aparecida Monroe1

Objective: To identify non-pharmacological measures recommended by public managers to prevent and control Covid-19 in the prison system.

Methods: This is a Scoping Review which followed the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute and the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews and included: identification of the research question; bibliographic search; selection of publications; and data extraction.

Results: A total of 41 from 278 publications found in eight databases in February/2021 were included in this review. The recommendations were organized into: Entry (quarantine; screening); Detention (restriction of transfers; social distancing; isolation of cases); Release (early release; house arrest; alternative correctional measures); Employees (screening; health education; removal of suspects/ confirmed); and Others (limitation of family/lawyer visits; strategies for maintaining family connections).

Conclusions: The main non-pharmacological measures to reduce the spread of Covid-19 were related to the different imprisonment periods (entry, permanence and release of prisoners) and the people who maintain contact with the prison system.