Table 1. Principal measures taken by prison administrations of different countries in response to the COVID-19 crisis⁷.

Country	Limitations on movement inside prison	Suspension or limitation of visits	Suspension of leave or other permits	Adoption or wider use of videoconferencing and other communication tools	Reduction of custodial sentences	Suspension of serving prison sentences	Extension of open-prison and parole systems	Pardons
Afghanistan								X
Albania		X		X			X
Argentina		X		X			X
Australia		X		X			X
Azerbaijan								X
Bahrain						X		X
Brazil		X
Belgium		X		X
Belize		X
Bolivia								X
Brasil		X
Bulgaria		X
Burkina Faso		X						X
Canada		X	X	X			X
Chile						X
Cyprus		X		X
Colombia		X					X
Denmark		X	X	X		X
Slovakia		X
Spain		X	X	X			X
EEUU federal	X	X					X
Estonia	X	X	X
Ethiopia		X						X
Finland		X				X
France	X	X		X			X
Georgia		X	X	X
Ghana		X	X					X
Guyana							X
Honduras		X					X
Hong Kong	X	X
Hungary		X		X
India		X			X		X
Indonesia							X
Italy		X		X
Iran							X
Ireland		X					X
Israel		X					X
Kenya		X			X		X
Kosovo		X	X	X		X
Latvia		X
Libya					X		X
Lithuania		X		X
Luxemburg		X
Morocco		X						X
Mexico		X
Moldova	X	X		X
Nicaragua							X
Norway		X		X			X
N. Zelanda		X	X	X
Netherlands	X	X	X	X		X	X
Pakistan		X		X				X
Paraguay		X
Poland	X	X		X
UK	X	X	X	X			X
Czech Republic		X		X		X
Romania		X	X	X
Russia		X
Rwanda		X		X
Singapore		X
Somalia								X
Sri Lanka							X
Sudan								X
Sweden		X	X	X		X
Taiwan		X		X
Trinity (TT)		X					X
Tunisia								X
Turkey		X
Uruguay		X
Venezuela		X
Zimbabwe								X

Note. Some of the measures are adopted by individual prisons or in some areas of the country. COVID-19: 2019 coronavirus disease.