Stewart, A., Cossar, R., &amp; Stoové, M. (2020). The response to COVID-19 in prisons must consider the broader mental health impacts for people in prison. Australian &amp; New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 000486742093780. http://doi:10.1177/0004867420937806

University of California, Davis

The New Zealand College of Psychiatrists warn that the psychological effects of maintaining social distancing to stop the spread of COVID-19 in prisons can be as damaging as solitary confinement. Prisoners are a highly vulnerable group in regards to developing issues surrounding mental health and the risk of furthering those underlying issues through social distancing Is very high. 

Learn Before

Related