How Did We Handle the Impact of the Pandemic in the Prison Service?

Abstract

The COVID-19 epidemic has put significant pressure on national penitentiary services all over the world to control the impacts that the pandemic has on closed prison environments. The prison services of European Union have responded with incredible speed and effectiveness with preventive and administrative measures to prevent the spread of the virus. The Hungarian Prison Service did as well. The presentation examines the main changes that had to be introduced due the pandemic situation, their effectiveness and long-term applicability in the Hungarian prisons. I would like to present some aspects of inmate contact with the outside word, security issues, admission procedures etc. Hungary has successfully processed and incorporated mostly all of the expectations of the international parties as well, in fact, he took further steps to make the pandemic’s outreached contacts of prisoners and relatives more colorful and active. My presentation will highlight this part of the pandemic, also the best practices reached as far.