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<p>Since March, we have acted decisively to protect our staff, prisoners and the wider
community from outbreaks in prisons and the youth estate. Our compartmentalisation
strategy allows us to quarantine new arrivals, isolate those with symptoms, and shield
vulnerable prisoners.</p><p>We have introduced routine testing of staff, and testing
of prisoners on reception and transfer, in all prisons and YOIs. Whilst every death
is a tragedy, thanks to the hard work of our dedicated prison staff, we have managed
to limit deaths from Covid in the prison estate to far below PHE predictions.</p>
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