Análise da vacinação contra covid-19 na população privada de liberdade em Alagoas

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, also known as covid-19, has affected the Brazilian population since 2020. This scenario, as a health crisis, has increased the deepening of social inequalities, an expression of social, political and economic crises. economical. At the beginning of the pandemic, in 2020, state governments adopted several restrictive measures to mitigate the transmission of SARS-COV-2 in spaces deprived of liberty. However, many of these measures that were taken restricted access to rights by prisoners. Thus, the study aims to analyze the scenario of vaccination of the population deprived of liberty in Alagoas. For this, a descriptive, exploratory study with a quantitative approach was carried out, with data that were available in the Brazilian Penitentiary Information System and data from bulletins published by the National Council of Justice, for October 2021 to June 2022. It was found that people deprived of liberty were considered a priority for vaccination against covid-19. Thus, Alagoas had 4,345 people deprived of liberty with the 1st dose of vaccination, however, only 573 of these have the 2nd dose and none have the 3rd dose. Regarding the servers, 822 of them received the 1st dose of the vaccine, while 536 received the 2nd dose and none received the 3rd dose. Therefore, it can be observed that vaccination was a great challenge to be implemented for the population deprived of liberty, since, even though they are considered priority groups, these individuals suffer from a great social stigma, which makes access to rights unfeasible.