Question: How do we stop the spread of Covid 19 in a correctional facility?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Correctional and Detention Facilities
section_headers: Administrators at Correctional and Detention Facilities
How to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within my facility or from the local community into my facility
What steps should I take to protect my staff and people who are incarcerated if there is spread of COVID-19 in the local community close to my facility?
section_content: If COVID-19 is known to be spreading in the local community close to your
facility, but there are no confirmed cases among people who are incarcerated,
staff, or visitors who have been inside the facility within the past 14 days:


Implement operational actions: 

Restrict non-essential transfers of people between facilities and systems.
Use alternative strategies to limit in-person court appearances where possible.
Consider suspending co-pays for incarcerated persons seeking medical evaluation for COVID-19 symptoms.
Require staff to stay home if they are sick.
Consider suspending visitation or offering non-contact visits only.
Do not allow non-essential vendors, volunteers, or tours into the facility.
Consider suspending work release programs.



Clean and disinfect the facility: 

Use CDC recommendations for cleaning and disinfection during the COVID-19 response to routinely clean and disinfect surfaces and objects that are frequently touched, especially in common areas.
Use household cleaners and EPA-registered disinfectants effective against the virus that causes COVID-19external iconexternal icon



Focus on good hygiene: 

Remind staff, visitors, and people who are incarcerated to use everyday preventive actions (such as washing hands, avoiding touching their eyes, nose, and mouth, covering their cough).




Provide free access to soap (preferably liquid soap) and access to running water, hand dryers, tissues, and no-touch trash cans, when possible.



Continually restock hygiene supplies throughout the facility.


Consider increasing the number of staff and/or other people who are trained to clean common areas to ensure they are cleaned on a continual basis.


Conduct screenings for symptoms and fever on all new entrants, staff, and visitors prior to entering the facility and follow guidance.


Use options to increase social distancing (increasing the physical space between people in the facility, ideally at least 6 feet between people, regardless of whether or not they have symptoms): 

Increase space between people who are incarcerated in holding cells and when in line.
Stagger mealtimes and time in recreation spaces.
Limit interactions in large group settings and group programs.
When possible, place beds at least 6 feet apart and have people sleep head-to-foot.
Find a separate space to check people for COVID-19 that is close to each housing unit instead of having people who are sick walk through the facility to be medically evaluated.
Remind staff to keep 6 feet apart from an individual with respiratory symptoms when possible.


Communicate regularly: 
Provide up-to-date information and remind and encourage people who are incarcerated and staff to report COVID-19 symptoms to staff right away.




Reviewer feedback on this answer:
In depth answer as to what to do with COVID-19 within the prison including social distancing, staggered mealtimes, limiting group settings and group programs as well as conducting screenings.
This information does not answer the question. The question is asking for information on how to stop the spread of Covid-19 in a correctional facility. However, the answer provides a comprehensive Covid-19 information and guideline intended for a correctional facility in which there are no confirmed cases among people who are incarcerated, staffs or visitors and the Covid-19 only spread in the local community near the correctional facility.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Correctional and Detention Facilities
section_headers: People Who Are Incarcerated at Correctional and Detention Facilities
How can I lower the chance that I will get COVID-19?
section_content: The best way to prevent illness is to take steps to avoid being exposed to
this virus. Start by ensuring you and others around you use everyday
preventive actions (such as washing hands often, avoiding touching your
eyes, nose, and mouth, and covering your cough). Read How to Protect
Yourself to
learn more.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer is geared towards an individual that is living a normal life and not towards someone who is managing a correctional facility.
This does not answer the question. This is a general information on the best way to prevent illness during Covid-19 pandemic and does not provide any information on how to stop the spread of Covid-19 in a correctional facility.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: FAQs for Correctional and Detention Facilities
section_headers: Administrators at Correctional and Detention Facilities
How to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within my facility or from the local community into my facility
How should the facility be cleaned to limit spread of the virus?
section_content: To limit the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, routinely clean and
disinfect surfaces and objects that are touched often. Read CDC guidance on
cleaning and disinfecting to learn more. This may include cleaning objects and
surfaces not ordinarily cleaned daily, such as doorknobs, light switches, and
countertops. Clean with the cleaners typically used. Use all cleaning products
according to the directions on the label. For disinfection, most common EPA-
registered household disinfectants should be effective. A list of products
that are EPA-approved for use against the virus that causes COVID-19 is
available herepdf iconexternal iconpdf iconexternal
icon.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer could be applied towards a correctional facility especially when it comes to common areas like the yards or the cafeteria or even the cells themselves. However, disinfecting is not the only way to stop the spread of coronavirus.
This information is irrelevant to the question. The question is asking for information on how to stop the spread of Covid-19 in a correctional facility and this answer provides information on cleaning and disinfecting surfaces and objects to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

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