The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy presents the results of a worldwide exchange of information on the impact of COVID-19 in prisons, as well as focusing on the human rights relating to the treatment of prisoners in institutions for both juveniles and adults worldwide.

Frieder Dünkel is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Criminology at the University of Greifswald, Germany.

Stefan Harrendorf is Professor of Criminology, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Comparative Criminal Law and Justice at the University of Greifswald, Germany.

Dirk van Zyl Smit is Professor Emeritus of Comparative and International Penal Law at the University of Nottingham, UK, and Professor Emeritus of Criminology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

1. Introduction

Frieder Dünkel, Stefan Harrendorf and Dirk van Zyl Smit

National chapters

2. Australia

Lorana Bartels, Thalia Anthony, Felicity Gerry, Andreea Lachsz and Steven Caruana

3. Austria

Walter Hammerschick and Karin Bruckmüller

4. Belgium

Olivia Nederlandt, An-Sofie Vanhouche and Kristel Beyens

5. Brazil

Ellen Rodrigues and Eduardo Khoury

6. Canada

Sandra Bucerius, Rosemary Ricciardelli and Luca Berardi

7. Chile

Alvaro Castro Morales, Guillermo Sanhueza, Julio Cortéz and Violeta Puran

8. China

Spencer Li

9. Colombia, Bolivia, Perú, Argentina

Cesar Valderrama and Juan Hernandez

10. Costa Rica

Carlos Tiffer-Sotomayor and Paola Tiffer Hangen

11. Croatia

Maja Munivrana Vajda and Elizabeta Ivicevic Karas

12. Czech Republic

Helena Válková and Jana Hulmáková

13. Denmark

Anette Storgaard and Linda Kjaer Minke

14. England/Wales

Catherine Heard and Nicola Padfield

15. Estonia

Priit Kama and Anneli Soo

16. Finland

Tapio Lappi-Seppälä

17. France

Martine Herzog-Evans

18. Germany

Frieder Dünkel and Christine Morgenstern

19. Greece

Maria Anagnostaki

20. Hungary

Zsuzsanna Juhász

21. India

Madhurima Dhanuka

22. Ireland (including Northern Ireland)

Ciara O'Connell, Mary Rogan, Michelle Martyn and Shadd Maruna

23. Italy

Lorenzo Picotti and Luisa Ravagnani

24. Japan

Kenji Takeuchi and Akinori Otani

25. Kenya

Mercy Deche, Conrad Bosire and Sarah Kinyanjui

26. Latvia

Ilona Kronberga

27. Lithuania

Gintautas Sakalauskas

28. Netherlands

Jolande uit Beijerse and Miranda Boone

29. New Zealand

Alice Mills

30. North Macedonia

Gordana Lazetic and Elena Mujoska-Trpevska

31. Norway

Berit Johnsen

32. Poland

Barbara Stando-Kawecka

33. Portugal

Anabela Miranda Rodriguez and Inês Horta Pinto

34. Romania

Ioan Durnescu and Ioana Mihaela Morar

35. Russia

Sergey Ovchinnikov

36. Scotland

Hannah Graham and Katrina Morrison

37. Serbia

Milan Skulic

38. Slovakia

Miroslava Vráblová

39. Slovenia

Danijela Mrhar Prelic and Robert FriSkovec

40. South Africa

Lukas Muntingh

41. Spain

Josep Cid, Laura Negredo López and Carles Soler

42. Sweden

Lars Håkan Nilsson and Jenny Kärrholm

43. Switzerland

Melanie Wegel and Jonas Weber

44. Turkey

Galma Akdeniz and Idil Aydinoglu

45. USA

James Byrne, Don Hummer, Sabrina S. Rapisarda and Kimberly R. Kras

Comparative chapters

46. International prisoners and the pandemic - Seeking release, improved conditions and family contact before international criminal courts

Roisin Mulgrew

47. International Human Rights and COVID-19 in prisons: Medical isolation and independent oversight

Dirk van Zyl Smit, Roisin Mulgrew

48. Prison population rates before and during the pandemic: lessons from COVID-19 about over-incarceration and its consequences for health

Catherine Heard

49. Summary analysis of the situation in prisons and prison policy during and after the SARS-CoV-2 induced crisis

Frieder Dünkel, Stefan Harrendorf, Dirk van Zyl Smit

50. What could we learn from COVID-19? - a reductionist and penal moderation approach

Frieder Dünkel, Sonja Snacken