Custodial Treatment: Protective Clothing
(asked on 8th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the (1) provision, and (2) use, of facemasks in (a) prisons, and (b) juvenile detention facilities, by (i) staff, and (ii) prisoners and detainees.
This question was answered on 22nd June 2020
Social distancing and hygiene are the most effective controls to reduce transmission.
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service follows the public health advice on the use of medical face masks alongside other items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) where close contact is sustained, essential and unavoidable.