Chinanews.com, February 26th. Xiong Xuanguo, Deputy Minister of Justice, mentioned on the 26th when explaining how the new crown pneumonia epidemic spreads in prisons. Strict management was not in place. He said that like Hanjin Prison in Hubei, Shilifeng Prison in Zhejiang, The outbreaks in Rencheng Prison in Shandong were caused by individual police officers who misrepresented that they had contacted personnel in the epidemic area in Hubei. After contact, they did not report truthfully and the isolation was not thorough, resulting in imported cases.

The State Council ’s joint defense and control mechanism held a press conference on the morning of the 26th, inviting Wang Hongxiang, deputy secretary general of the Central Political and Legal Commission, Zhang Shuyuan, deputy president of the Supreme People's Court, Chen Guoqing, deputy prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Du Hangwei, deputy minister of public security, and Xiong Xuanguo, deputy minister of justice. Relevant information on the "Opinions on Resuming Work and Resuming Production During the Epidemic Prevention and Control Period According to Law by Political and Legal Organs", and answering questions from reporters.

A reporter asked: New cases of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic that have already declined have recently rebounded in the recently reported data, mainly due to the surge in cases reported in Hubei, Zhejiang, and Shandong in recent days. How did prisons spread the epidemic? of? What is the current treatment of infected offenders?

Xiong Xuanguo revealed that as of February 25, outbreaks of criminal infection had occurred in five prisons in Hubei, Zhejiang, and Shandong provinces across the country. A total of 555 cases were diagnosed, 19 were suspected, and 4 were critically ill. So far, no deaths have occurred in prisons due to new coronary pneumonia. No other prisoner outbreaks have occurred in other prisons across the country.

Talking about how the epidemic spreads in prisons, Xiong Xuanguo said that the spread of the prison epidemic really reflected the loopholes in prison management and epidemic prevention and control. The first is insufficient attention to thought. For example, Wuhan Women's Prison, Hubei, is less than 100 meters away from Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital. The prison police officers commute to work and the patients at the pulmonary hospital are in the same bus stop. Before the full closure, the virus may have been imported. Second, strict management is not in place. For example, the Hanjin Prison in Hubei, Shilifeng Prison in Zhejiang, and Rencheng Prison in Shandong. The outbreaks in these prisons were caused by individual police officers who misreported his contact with personnel in the affected area of ​​Hubei. This leads to imported cases.

Xiong Xuanguo said that the epidemic was spreading in prisons, fully revealing that the local ideology is not well understood, police officers are not strict, prevention and control measures are poorly implemented, and serious formalism and bureaucratic problems exist in the work. The local government has also adopted strict accountability measures. The epidemic has occurred in prisons, and the lessons are very profound. The prison system throughout the country is strictly closed, strictly implemented, strictly responsible, and accountable.

Xiong Xuanguo stressed the need to do a good job in rescue efforts. Criminals who have fever or respiratory symptoms should be observed in isolation for the first time, and the diagnosed criminals should be rescued in the same time as other members of the society. At present, one critically ill person has been relieved by treatment, and 11 patients have been cured.