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COVID 19 & DETENTION WEBINAR: GLOBAL OVERVIEW BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE, COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IN RELATION TO DETENTION Terry Hackett Regional Prison System Advisor International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) ICRC


  1. COVID 19 & DETENTION WEBINAR: GLOBAL OVERVIEW BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE, COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IN RELATION TO DETENTION Terry Hackett Regional Prison System Advisor International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

  2. ICRC Multi-disciplinary Global Response to C19 • Dialogue with governments / detaining authorities • Technical Advice- Health, Water / Habitat, Prison Management • Restoring Family Links • Monitoring conditions in PoDs

  3. Key Issues / Challenges • An existing humanitarian crisis • Overcrowding & criminal justice silos • Aging and inadequate infrastructure • Lack of access to health care & basic needs • Insufficient human / financial resources • Rethinking everything …. • Admissions / transfers • Regimes & systems • Releases • Forced innovation • Technology-visitation & access to justice • Processes / use of resources • Monitoring bodies

  4. What has been missing from the response? • Focus on the basics • International minimum standards as a roadmap • Nelson Mandela Rules • Bangkok Rules • Communication / transparency • Sustained community (whole of government) response • Interdepartmental support • Safe release pathways & community acceptance

  5. Priorities to respond sustainably and effectively… • Short term (3 Months) • Understand impact of C19 on detainees & staff • Remain focused • Tackle stigma • Long term (3 years) • Continue to build on unlikely opportunities that have emerged during C19 • Strengthen systems and partnerships • Address the pre-existing humanitarian crisis in places of detention through the lens of c19

  6. Examples of ICRC in Detention: C19 • Philippines- https://www.icrc.org/en/document/halting-spread-covid-19-congested- detention-facilities-0 • Iraq- https://www.icrc.org/en/document/covid-19-icrc-response-Iraq • Afghanistan-https://www.icrc.org/en/document/covid-19-afghanistan-largest-prison • Central America-https://www.icrc.org/es/document/el-cicr-apoya-lugares-de- detencion-para-prevenir-y-controlar-la-propagacion-de-la-covid-19 • Côte d'Ivoire-https://www.icrc.org/fr/document/cote-divoire-distribution-de- materiel-prisons-pour-empecher-la-propagation-du-coronavirus

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