Covid. 3 positive detainees in Regina Coeli. Quarantined a section

The Regina Coeli prison case is just the latest in a long series of outbreaks. There are 3 inmates who tested positive for Covid. Now the eighth section quarantine is triggered, where all people will be screened in the next few hours. The positives It is not the first case. According to data from the Department of Penitentiary Administration (Dap), the number of positives and outbreaks rises. On 8 April, 871 inmates were positive, almost all asymptomatic (835), but 22 were hospitalized and 14 others with symptoms are treated in prison. On 5 April, there were 823 positive inmates, out of a total prison population of 52,207 people, while they were 750 on 1 April. On the other hand, infections among prison policemen are decreasing: there are 642 positives between 600 asymptomatic and 42 with symptoms, to which another 41 employees must be added. On 5 April there were 683. The outbreaks The red dot situations remain Reggio Emilia with 110 asymptomatic and 5 inmates in hospital; Padua with 89 asymptomatic and one in hospital). Followed by Catanzaro with 72 asymptomatic, and another 2 hospitalized, Rebibbia female section with 70 women all asymptomatic, Pesaro 62 asymptomatic, but another 2 in hospital and Melfi with 54 asymptomatic, and 3 hospitalized inmates). The only outbreak that has shrunk is in the Asti prison: the positives are 33, they were 69 at the last check. Prison officers In prison houses there are not only prisoners. There are volunteers, doctors, but above all prison officers who experience very heavy psychological stress because, if you think about it, they are men who lock other men in their cells. Also in this case the outbreaks are many. The main one in Parma with 37 positives, only one with symptoms In Naples Secondigliano there are 31 positives, 26 asymptomatic, 5 with symptoms. Attempted suicides and acts of self-harm Yesterday the Sappe union recalled that in 2020 1,481 suicide attempts were foiled in Italian prisons. 11 thousand acts of self-harm Vaccines The vaccination campaign in prison started at the beginning of March, also thanks to requests from civil society and the Guarantors of persons deprived of liberty: as of April 5, the vaccinated inmates numbered 6,356 out of the 52 thousand present. While the vaccinated among prison police officers are 15,155 out of the approximately 37 thousand "blue berets" active in Italian prisons. Now, however, everyone is asking for an acceleration, a request accepted by the Minister Cartabia.

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April 12, 2021 The Regina Coeli prison case is just the latest in a long series of outbreaks. There are 3 inmates who tested positive for Covid. Now the eighth section quarantine is triggered, where all people will be screened in the next few hours.

The positives

It is not the first case. According to data from the Department of Penitentiary Administration (Dap), the number of positives and outbreaks rises. On 8 April, 871 inmates were positive, almost all asymptomatic (835), but 22 were hospitalized and 14 others with symptoms are treated in prison. On 5 April, there were 823 positive inmates, out of a total prison population of 52,207 people, while they were 750 on 1 April. On the other hand, infections among prison policemen are decreasing: there are 642 positives between 600 asymptomatic and 42 with symptoms, to which another 41 employees must be added. On 5 April there were 683.

The outbreaks

The red dot situations remain Reggio Emilia with 110 asymptomatic and 5 inmates in hospital; Padua with 89 asymptomatic and one in hospital). Followed by Catanzaro with 72 asymptomatic, and 2 others hospitalized, Rebibbia female section with 70 women all asymptomatic, Pesaro 62 asymptomatic, but another 2 in hospital and Melfi with 54 asymptomatic, and 3 hospitalized inmates). The only outbreak that has shrunk is in the Asti prison: the positives are 33, they were 69 at the last check.

Prison officers

There are not only prisoners in prison houses. There are volunteers, doctors, but above all prison officers who experience very heavy psychological stress because, if you think about it, they are men who lock other men in their cells. Also in this case the outbreaks are many. The main one in Parma with 37 positives, only one with symptoms In Naples Secondigliano there are 31 positives, 26 asymptomatic, 5 with symptoms.

Attempted suicides and acts of self-harm

Yesterday the Sappe union recalled that in 2020 1,481 suicide attempts were foiled in Italian prisons. 11 thousand acts of self-harm

Vaccines

The vaccination campaign in prison started at the beginning of March, also thanks to requests from civil society and the Guarantors of persons deprived of liberty: as of April 5, the vaccinated inmates numbered 6,356 out of the 52 thousand present. While the vaccinated among prison police officers are 15,155 out of the approximately 37 thousand "blue berets" active in Italian prisons. But now everyone is asking for an acceleration, a request accepted by Minister Cartabia.

Covid. 3 positive detainees in Regina Coeli. Quarantined a section

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