Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 21:42:03 GMT -6
While the General Secretary of Penitentiary Institutions does “marketing” with something as serious and serious as the covid-19 pandemic about how “well they do it” , the reality inside the penitentiary centers is very different and the prison staff Prisons suffer from the lack of an effective preventive commitment on the part of the Administration. Despite the measures that the Administration claims to have taken to prevent covid from entering prisons, outbreaks continue to attack prisons, such as this week in the Valencia prison (Picassent), with more than 55 positive cases detected, isolation health of two modules in the Estremera and Valdemoro prisons or in Zaballa with the affected health team, which shows that preventive measures are neither adequate nor effective. CCOO has been denouncing the lack of a preventive policy by those responsible that closes the prison doors to covid.
The necessary personal protective equipment for all personnel who have to be in close contact with the internal population, such as surveillance personnel in the modules, continues to be lacking. No PCR Belgium Mobile Number List tests are carried out, which means that it is only detected when symptomatic cases occur and all measures for the control and monitoring of covid cases among staff have been privatized with a company, Aspy, that does not meet the demands of the staff. The prison workforce is very old, with an average age of close to 55 years and there is a prevalence of chronic pathologies that make them especially vulnerable. The five prison officials who died from covid-19 correspond to this profile. Unions demand the protection of these most vulnerable personnel.
With specific protection measures, such as teleworking or adapting the position with less risk when their task does not allow it, but the lack of technological means and political will have prevented this protection demanded by Workers Commissions. For CCOO, it is essential to prevent covid-19 from becoming endemic in prisons, which is why it demands that the health authorities proceed to vaccinate prisons, the inmate population and the working population, within the agreed vaccination strategy, within the group. 2 because it is a closed organization with a very vulnerable population and few possibilities for ventilation and high rates of overcrowding where possible exposure to the virus is not limited to a delimited space.
The necessary personal protective equipment for all personnel who have to be in close contact with the internal population, such as surveillance personnel in the modules, continues to be lacking. No PCR Belgium Mobile Number List tests are carried out, which means that it is only detected when symptomatic cases occur and all measures for the control and monitoring of covid cases among staff have been privatized with a company, Aspy, that does not meet the demands of the staff. The prison workforce is very old, with an average age of close to 55 years and there is a prevalence of chronic pathologies that make them especially vulnerable. The five prison officials who died from covid-19 correspond to this profile. Unions demand the protection of these most vulnerable personnel.
With specific protection measures, such as teleworking or adapting the position with less risk when their task does not allow it, but the lack of technological means and political will have prevented this protection demanded by Workers Commissions. For CCOO, it is essential to prevent covid-19 from becoming endemic in prisons, which is why it demands that the health authorities proceed to vaccinate prisons, the inmate population and the working population, within the agreed vaccination strategy, within the group. 2 because it is a closed organization with a very vulnerable population and few possibilities for ventilation and high rates of overcrowding where possible exposure to the virus is not limited to a delimited space.