Question: How do we keep community members from bringing COVID-19 into our local jail?

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.
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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:
This answer goes into detail on how to limit the spread of covid in facilities.
This answer is great because it answers exactly what the person is asking. It talks about precautions to take in relation to correctional facilities that are in communities with outbreaks which is what is being asked

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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
Should I allow visitors into the facility if there is spread of COVID-19 in the community close to my facility?
section_content: If there is spread of COVID-19 in the community close to your facility,
consider suspending contact visits. If contact visits continue, all potential
visitors should be asked:

“Today or in the past 24 hours, have you had any of the following symptoms? Fever, felt feverish, or had chills? Cough? Difficulty breathing?”
“In the past 14 days, have you had contact with a person known to be infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)?”

Staff should also perform temperature checks for all visitors and volunteers.
Any visitor who answers yes to one of these questions or who declines
screening should not be allowed into the facility. When possible, facilities
should let potential visitors know about these rules before they travel to the
facility. Facilities can place posters in visiting areas and ask people who
are incarcerated to inform their family members and visitors about these
rules.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer does not specifically mention jails, but it still provides enough information that would be sufficient.
This is a good answer but doesn't seem to be complete. Could use a little more information, however what was provided is relevant to the question

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: Community Mitigation
What are community mitigation actions for COVID-19?
section_content: Some community mitigation actions may include:

Washing hands often
Avoiding close contact with people who are sick, and practicing social distancing
Covering mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others
Covering coughs and sneezes
Cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces daily


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This is just very broad general hygiene instructions but doesn't make mention of correctional facilities in any way which is what was being asked in the question
While this answer gives examples on limiting the spread, it says nothing about jails or facilities.

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