United States Bureau of Prisons' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
United States Bureau of Prisons' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI：
10.1080/15564886.2020.1829765
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发表时间：
2020-10-24
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2.2
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Hummer, Don
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作者：
Hummer, Don
随着SARS-CoV-2(新冠肺炎)在2020年春天席卷美国，美国联邦监狱管理局(BOP)宣布了一个令人震惊的消息：在对2,700名囚犯进行的初步筛查中，有2,000人检测呈阳性--阳性率达到惊人的70%。显然可以认为，监狱和监狱将是暴发和社区迅速传播的地方，因为监狱距离很近，获得预防方法的机会有限，囚犯和工作人员都可以进出设施。然而，联邦监狱系统早期传播的速度引发了以下问题：防御局是否为应对新冠肺炎这样的传染病做好了充分准备，以及最终采取的措施(如利用现有的释放机制将囚犯从监狱转移到社区，暂停探视，以及增加对囚犯和工作人员的筛查)是否足以将整个系统的新感染降至最低。本文描述和评估了防疫部门的新冠肺炎缓解战略，详细说明了疫情期间的治疗规划挑战，并为未来的传染病暴发应对提供了建议。
As the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) spread across the United States in spring 2020, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) made the startling announcement that of its 2,700 initial screenings of inmates for the virus, 2,000 had tested positive - an astounding 70% positivity rate. It is obvious to assume that prisons and jails would be locations of outbreaks and rapid community spread given the close quarters, limited access to preventive methods, and movement of both inmates and staff in and out of facilities. Yet, the speed of early transmission through the federal prison system led to questions of whether the BOP was adequately prepared to handle a contagion such as COVID -19, and if the steps that have ultimately been taken (such as moving inmates from prison to community using existing release mechanisms, suspending visitation, and increased screening of both inmates and staff) are sufficient to minimize new infections throughout the system. This article describes and assesses the BOP's COVID-19 mitigation strategies, details treatment programming challenges during the pandemic, and offers suggestions for future infectious disease outbreak response.