{"id":21068,"date":"2020-05-21T22:54:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T22:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=21068"},"modified":"2021-04-01T17:24:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:24:43","slug":"how-does-the-coronavirus-affect-the-brazilian-prison-system","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/how-does-the-coronavirus-affect-the-brazilian-prison-system\/","title":"How does the coronavirus affect the Brazilian prison system?","content":"

The novel coronavirus has found fertile ground in the old problem of the Brazilian prison system. Cramped cells with no ventilation and subhuman hygiene conditions are home to many of Brazil\u2019s approximately 750,000 prisoners, according to Infopen (National Prison Information Survey). Overcrowding and the lack of care contribute to the fragile health of people deprived of liberty in Brazil, which has the world\u2019s third largest prison population<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2018, for example, long before the pandemic, more than ten thousand cases of tuberculosis were confirmed among detainees \u2013 a record of the last ten years in absolute numbers, according to a recent survey by the P\u00fablica agency using data from the Ministry of Health. This figure makes the prison population 35 times more likely to\u00a0<\/strong>be infected with tuberculosis<\/strong> than people outside prison, further paving the way for the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Measures to avoid the spread of coronavirus in prisons<\/strong><\/p>\n

On March 20, the Judiciary suspended visits to most of the country\u2019s prisons. However, while this measure is intended to help reduce the spread of the virus, it also exposes
\nprisoners to other ills if it is applied without following health recommendations. According to a UN special report on mental health<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>, \u201csolitary confinement and protracted
\nor indefinite detainment, including decades of detention in prisons or other closed settings, negatively influence mental health and well-being<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The primary concern of the protection agencies are the prisoners in the risk group for Covid-19. In S\u00e3o Paulo alone, there are 10,538 detainees with problems such as
\ntuberculosis and asthma, 4,911 are pregnant or breastfeeding women and 2,617 are elderly. In March, Recommendation No. 62 of the CNJ (National Justice Council)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nsuggested observing rules that relax sentences or even grant parole for some cases, in a move that was praised by international bodies such as the Inter-American
\nCommission on Human Rights (IACHR).<\/p>\n

The arrival of Covid-19 in the Brazilian prison system<\/strong><\/p>\n

The more than 100,000 prisoners who have jobs, and as such have contact both with detainees and people on the outside, illustrate that it is a mistake to assume that prisoners are in total isolation and do not therefore contribute to the spread of the virus. It is no surprise that the first case of Covid-19 inside the prison system, announced by Minister S\u00e9rgio Moro on April 8, was identified in a prisoner serving a sentence in a semi-open facility.<\/p>\n

This is why the report by the WHO<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (World Health Organization) on the coronavirus, released in March, is emphatic in asserting that the efforts to control Covid-19 should be the same both inside and outside detention facilities. Otherwise, the whole community loses.<\/p>\n

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