ABSTRACT

This article documents the extent of COVID-19 outbreaks in the North American, Central American, and Caribbean regions, and then compares the country-specific COVID-19 mitigation strategies implemented in the largest prison systems in these regions. We offer a preliminary assessment of the short-term impact of the COVID-19 prison mitigation strategies used in these regions, within both correctional and community settings. At this time, it appears that the governments with greater success controlling COVID-19 outbreaks in these regions are the governments adopting early prison and jail population reduction strategies.

中文翻译：

---

对北美，中美洲和加勒比地区监狱和监狱中COVID-19暴发的检查

摘要

本文记录了北美，中美洲和加勒比地区爆发COVID-19的程度，然后比较了在这些地区最大的监狱系统中实施的针对特定国家/地区的COVID-19缓解策略。我们对这些地区在惩教和社区环境中使用的COVID-19监狱缓解策略的短期影响进行了初步评估。目前，在这些地区控制COVID-19暴发方面取得更大成功的政府似乎是政府采取了早期减少监狱和监狱人口的策略。