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Special Challenges in dealing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Swiss Prisons

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posted on 2021-05-07, 21:17 authored by Melanie WegelMelanie Wegel, sabera wardak, Darleen Jennifer Meyer
Within a research project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation the implementation of COVID-19 prevention strategies in prisons allover Switzerland were focused. This paper presents an example of the prevention strategy of a closed prison, which faced particular challenges in the implementation of social distancing measures due to its special architecture and limited space.

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Swiss National Science Foundation

Federal Department of Economic Affairs Education and Research

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Corresponding author email

wege@zhaw.ch

Lead author country

  • Switzerland

Lead author job role

  • Higher Education Researcher

Lead author institution

Zurich University of Applied Sciences

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  • No

Ethics statement

The management of the prisons described in the report has exempted the team of authors from anonymisation for the purpose of this publication. A written statement is available to the team of authors.

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