Experts warn of Covid risk to recently released prisoners

Experts have argued that the current pandemic is "a once in a generation opportunity to embed prison health into public health, and it should not be missed". File image.

Senior medics have warned of the risk to recently released prisoners of contracting Covid-19 and have argued that the current pandemic is "a once in a generation opportunity to embed prison health into public health, and it should not be missed".

The article, published in the BJGP Open journal of primary care, also said that reducing prison populations, and increasing the level of healthcare provision in jails, would help in tackling the spread of the coronavirus in general in the community.