A Review of COVID-19 Data Usage in Correctional Institutions From Developing Countries

COVID-19 is highly transmissible and pathogenic, representing a potential threat to health conditions in correctional environments worldwide. This threat could worsen in prison systems in developing countries due to high crowding levels, lack of individual hygiene materials, inadequate primary sanitary conditions, and difficulties in using health services. Attempts to provide a landscape of academic research findings on COVID-19 data usage from prison systems in developing countries have been limited. This scenario motivated us to carry out this systematic mapping study (SMS) to provide a comprehensive overview of the impacts that may prevent the effective use of COVID-19 data, critical issues, and gaps in the current academic research. Following the steps of a systematic mapping, we examined 79 studies returned from a search string and eight studies returned from the use of the snowballing technique and selected 37 from related journals and conferences published between 2020 and 2021. The results point to possible problems in the use of COVID-19, preventing its effective use in information systems.