Bed Bugs in Prisons

How Does an Infestation Occur in a Correctional Facility?

Bed bugs can also spread in detenti­on cen­ters. New­ly admit­ted inma­tes can bring them in, as can used items or even dona­ti­ons. The often cram­ped con­di­ti­ons offer the para­si­tes many hiding places. Once in the faci­li­ty, bed bugs spread quick­ly through adja­cent rooms and com­mon are­as.

How to Identify Bed Bugs in a Correctional Facility?

Cells and com­mon are­as offer many hiding places for bed bugs – in tight spaces with few places to retre­at, the infe­sta­ti­on is quick­ly noti­ceable:

Bites

Repea­ted com­plaints from inma­tes about itching or skin reac­tions.

Traces

Spots on mat­tres­ses, clot­hing, or near walls indi­ca­te infe­sta­ti­on.

Hiding places

Cracks in beds, lockers, or win­dow shut­ters are popu­lar retre­ats.

Trans­port

New inma­tes or visi­tors can unin­ten­tio­nal­ly bring in bed bugs.

Regu­lar visu­al inspec­tions and clear report­ing chan­nels faci­li­ta­te a quick respon­se. Pat­rols and feed­back from staff are cen­tral sources of infor­ma­ti­on.

What are the Consequences of an Infestation in a Correctional Facility?

A bed bug infe­sta­ti­on has various secu­ri­ty-rele­vant con­se­quen­ces:

Stress & Unrest

Bites and fear of spre­a­ding can pro­mo­te con­flicts, caus­ing prac­ti­cal and psy­cho­lo­gi­cal stress for all invol­ved.

Secu­ri­ty

Fre­quent cell chan­ges or relo­ca­ti­ons dis­rupt order­ly exe­cu­ti­on.

Hygie­ne

An infe­sta­ti­on is con­side­red a grie­van­ce – with pos­si­ble legal con­se­quen­ces.

Per­son­nel

Increased effort in clea­ning, logi­stics, and com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on.

Dis­creet, effec­ti­ve action main­ta­ins order in the sen­si­ti­ve jus­ti­ce sec­tor.

Thermo-bug® as an Effective Solution for Correctional Facilities

Ther­mo-bug® is ide­al for sen­si­ti­ve faci­li­ties like pri­sons: Our heat tre­at­ment is car­ri­ed out wit­hout the use of che­mi­cals, so no toxic sub­s­tances remain in detenti­on rooms. The hea­ters ope­ra­te almost sil­ent­ly and hard­ly dis­turb pri­son ope­ra­ti­ons. Within a few hours, all bed bugs and other para­si­tes are relia­bly des­troy­ed, and the rooms can often be reoc­cu­p­ied after a short time.

A major advan­ta­ge: With heat tre­at­ment, the rooms or cor­ri­dors do not have to be com­ple­te­ly cle­ared – sur­roun­ding ope­ra­ti­ons can con­ti­nue. Sin­ce all bed bug stages in beds, uphols­te­red fur­ni­tu­re, or ven­ti­la­ti­on ope­nings are also kil­led, Ther­mo-bug® crea­tes clean and safe detenti­on con­di­ti­ons.