Table 4.

Psychiatry in Prison.

Psychiatry in prison French prison health care unit teams and prison staff preparing to receive detainees with covid-19. The links with teams in charge of general medical care need to be strengthened for the identification and management of these patients within detention facilities. Care provision in prisons is organised around measures aiming to reduce the risks of infection, as in health establishments receiving people placed under judicial supervision in the context of complete hospitalization in hospitals (university, general or mono-disciplinary) and in “specially organized hospital units” (UHSA). The 9 UHSA across the national French territory all have dedicated sectors to help maintain the provision of psychiatric care for prisoners requiring full hospitalization.