PREVENT IMPORTATION AND SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN DELHI PRISONS - MEASURES UNDERTAKEN TO

MEASURES UNDERTAKEN TO
     PREVENT
 IMPORTATION AND
SPREAD OF COVID-19
 IN DELHI PRISONS

DELHI PRISONS DEPARTMENT

 Total   16 jails (including 2 women
 jails)

 Three   prison complexes:
   Tihar
   Rohini
   Mandoli

DELHI PRISONS

   TOTAL INMATE CAPACITY
    ➢   10,026

   POPULATION AS ON 15.3.2020
    ➢   17,474 (Overcrowding 174%)

   POPULATION AS ON 19.6.2020
    ➢   13,677 (Overcrowding 136%)

DECONGESTION DRIVE

   MEETINGS OF HIGH POWERED
    COMMITTEE
       28.3.2020
       07.4.2020
       18.4.2020
       05.5.2020
       18.5.2020
       20.5.2020 (Scheduled)

DECONGESTION DRIVE

   UTPs released on Interim-bail :    2651

   UTPs released on Modified bail :   310

   Convicts released on Emergency-Parole : 1108

   Convicts released on Special Remission : 60

    ❖ TOTAL   PRISONERS RELEASED = 4129

SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS IN
               DELHI

   TOTAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES
      • 50,000

   TOTAL ACTIVE CASES
      • 27,000

   DEATHS
      • 2,000

SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS IN DELHI
                PRISONS
            (AS ON 19.6.2020)

   PRISON INMATES FOUND COVID-19
    POSITIVE - 20
      ➢   First Case on 13.5.2020
      ➢   RECOVERED -16
      ➢   IN HOSPITAL - 3
      ➢   DEATH – 1

   PRISON STAFF FOUND COVID-19
    POSITIVE - 36
      ➢   RECOVERED - 7
      ➢   IN HOSPITAL - 2

PRISON SPECIFIC GUIDELINES
FORMULATED AS EARLY AS 05.03.2020
 Guidelines formulated and implemented even before
  WHO declared COVID-19 as pandemic (11.03.2020)
 Guidelines provided for:
       Screening of all newly lodged inmates.
       Isolation of inmates with history of exposure or recent travel
        or symptoms of Influenza Like Illness (ILI) in respective
        jails.
       Infection control guidelines for prevention and spread of
        infection.
       Display of Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
        material including Do’s and Don’ts to be followed by all staff
        and inmates.
       Treatment protocol of symptomatic cases.

SCREENING AND QUARANTINE /
           ISOLATION OF NEW ENTRANTS
 Screening of new inmates at entry gate (CPRO) itself
  by team of doctors and paramedical staff.
 Entry limited to only 2 jails for men :
       Central Jail No. 02
       Central Jail No. 15

   Central Jail No. 05 for below the age of 21.
   Central Jail No. 06 for new women entrants.
   Central Jail No. 03 for new entrants requiring de-
    addiction.

   Inmates quarantined/isolated for 14 days before
    sending to other jails as per lodgment policy.

   Inmates in Quarantine Wards regularly examined
    and counseled by jail psychiatrists and
    counselors.

   Provided indoor games (chess, ludo, etc), books,
    magazines, newspapers.

   Open-time cell wise for exercises while maintaining
    all precautions.

FOR INMATES ALREADY LODGED IN JAILS

 Isolation wards earmarked in each jail for
  separating inmates showing symptoms of ILI
  from other inmates.
 Inmates coming from outside hospitals, police
  remand, bail/parole treated as new entrants
  and quarantined.
 Face     masks,     soaps,    hand     sanitizers
  manufactured in jail itself.
 All inmates and staff provided washable face
  masks regularly.
 Regular sanitization of Wards and other areas.

AT THE ENTRY POINT OF JAIL
 Entry  allowed in jail only after proper hand
  sanitization and Thermal check
 Screening of every staff and those with
  symptoms of ILI are returned back.
 Frisking staff uses face shields, masks and
  gloves and does hand/glove sanitization after
  every screening/frisking.
 Isolation    Corner designated at each
  deodhy.

MEASURES FOR REDUCING EXPOSURE OF INMATES

 All interviews/mulaqats temporarily suspended.
 Court productions temporarily suspended and carried
  out only through video conferencing.
 Inmates allowed more time for telephone calls to
  family members.
 Movement of inmates within jails also controlled. No
  ward-to-ward movement
 Inmates briefed regularly by senior officers through
  visits and also through PA system and jail FM radio.

   HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE : All inmates and
    jail staff provided Arsenicum album 30 tablets
    in consultation with AYUSH Ministry.

   Ayurvedic Kaadha also being given to inmates

   Sampark Sabhas and Awareness Programs
    organized regularly for staff.

AT JAIL DISPENSARIES
 Flu corner in OPDs to segregate inmates with flu
  symptoms from other inmates.
 Separate waiting area for attendees of flu corner.
 Inmates with ILI kept in isolation wards under
  regular medical supervision.
 Inmates    attended in small batches to avoid
  overcrowding.
 Visits   of doctors and paramedical staff to
  wards/barracks to minimize OPD visits.
 Specialist visits and visits of doctors and counselors of
  ART Centre to each jail instead of calling inmates to
  CJH to prevent inter-jail movement.
 SOP for transporting a suspect/confirmed case of
  COVID-19 from jails formulated.

GUIDELINES FOR STAFF
 Staff with history of close contact with person having
  ILI symptoms: Self-Quarantine at home.
 Staff having ILI symptoms: Report to nearest Health
  Care Facility and follow the advice of such facility
  (Test/Quarantine/Hospitalization).
 Staff developing symptoms while on duty: Report to
  doctor on duty of respective jail dispensary.
 Staff with family members working in health care
  facilities, police or other frontline workers: Report
  daily to MO I/C of respective jail dispensary for
  screening and counseling.
 Staff residing in Government Declared Containment
  Zones: Shall not come for duty after intimating
  office/branch in-charge.

STAFF JOINING DUTY AFTER LEAVE OR
    FRESH RECRUITS

 Screening at entry gate (CPRO) for ILI.
 Staff staying in barracks: Quarantined in earmarked
  quarantine facility (Open Jail for males and Semi Open
  Jail for females)
 Staff    commuting daily from home: To give
  undertaking that he/she has not been exposed to any
  suspected/confirmed case of COVID-19
 Staff having ILI symptoms: Sent to nearest COVID-
  19 Health Care FAcility

CONTACT TRACING
 Special Task Force (STF) constituted in each jail for
  ‘Contact Tracing’ if any inmate is found COVID-19
  Positive.
 SOP formulated for contact tracing.

RESIDENTIAL COMPLEXES

   Regular sanitization and cleaning of residential
    complexes.

   Visits by PHQ teams to interact with families for
    education and awareness

   Staff Welfare Cells formed

   Awareness and knowledge sharing sessions for
    staff

   Covid-19 Rapid Testing Camp in residential
    complex

IN SUMMARY : FOCUS AREAS
Repeated medical screening of inmates.
 Segregation :
     Inmates who are ill
     New inmates

 Awareness of Staff and Inmates - repeated
  briefings – Do’s and Don’ts – no one should hide
  illness
 Psychological Counselling teams

 Strict entry control

 Decongestion effort

 Doorstep delivery

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