This information resource addresses the unique challenges faced by correctional facilities during public health emergencies, providing bullet-pointed lists of considerations for a wide variety of public health emergency aspects.
This brief document addresses the challenge posed by public health emergencies to correctional facilities, noting the impacts of crowded living conditions and high-risk populations, communal spaces for many aspects of life, and limited medical and quarantine resources. This document aims to support correctional facility needs through tips on advance planning and forming creative solutions to balance public health with facility security. It features a listing of recommendations and best practices relating to the following topics: population dynamics, healthcare services within correctional facilities, infection control measures, high-risk populations, emergency response plans, resource allocation, legal and regulatory framework, public health data and guidelines, health screening and testing protocols, vaccination strategies, communication and reporting, infection prevention and control measures, epidemiological surveillance, and collaborative planning.