Open AccessOperation and Role of the Operative Body of the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters in the Fight Against Covid-19 Epidemic
Author(s) -
János Schmehl
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
belügyi szemle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2677-1632
pISSN - 2062-9494
DOI - 10.38146/bsz.spec.2021.5.8
Subject(s) - prison , pandemic , government (linguistics) , service (business) , covid-19 , service member , duty , business , political science , operations management , military personnel , medicine , engineering , law , marketing , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
During the coronavirus pandemic the Hungarian Prison Service had to introduce measures that were unknown for the service previously and which had a significant impact on the daily duty of the staff. To adapt measures taken by the government for the prison service, the pandemic risks occurring during the special activities had to be modelled. The Operational Body built-up and operated in the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters took several measures that ensured the framework of rules needed for successful protection. The virus could not enter the Hungarian prisons during the first wave and later on the statistics show more favorable infection and mortality rates among the inmates than in civil life. The current study presents the strategy of defense and the method of central management, as well as provides insight into the background of the decisions made.