[사회]Two More Seoul Detention Centers Confirmed … Promote Comprehensive Inspection of Correctional Facilities in the Metropolitan Area

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Even in the detention centers, which are densely located facilities, the number of confirmed corona19 continues to rise.

At the Seoul Detention Center, the confirmation of a man who was recently released was confirmed, and there were additional confirmed cases among the prisoners.

The Ministry of Justice plans to carry out a comprehensive inspection of the entire penitentiary center in the metropolitan area.

Connect reporters. Reporter Han Dong-oh!

After 200 confirmed cases came from the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul, there were also confirmed cases from the Seoul Detention Center, right?

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A man who was released from the Seoul Detention Center on the 19th was confirmed as a result of the Corona 19 test on the same day.

As a result of examining 86 people, including prison guards and inmates who were in close contact with the confirmed case, two additional inmates tested positive.

As a confirmed case occurred in the detention center, the Ministry of Justice is today conducting a comprehensive examination of all employees and prisoners.

In the case of the Seoul Detention Center, there are 700 employees and 2,400 detainees. Excluding 86 people who were tested yesterday, some 3,000 people are being tested.

In particular, former President Park Geun-hye, Pastor Kwang-Hoon Jeon, and Jae-Hyun Kim, CEO of Optimus Asset Management, are in prison and will also be evaluated.

Yesterday, the Seoul Detention Center requested the Seoul Central District Court to postpone the trial schedule for detainees, etc., until the results of the inspection of the contacted people came out in the Seoul Central District Court.

First, at the East Seoul Detention Center, where the group infection occurred, an additional detention center employee tested positive and the number of related confirmed cases accumulated as of yesterday was counted as 217.

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The detention center is a dense facility where there is great concern about group infection, but the Ministry of Justice decided to carry out a thorough inspection of all other correctional facilities in the metropolitan area.

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The Justice Ministry said it would conduct a full inspection of prisoners at correctional facilities in the metropolitan area after consulting with quarantine authorities.

There are 9 correctional facilities in the metropolitan area.

The Seoul Detention Center, where three people were confirmed, including the prisoner and the inmate, is being examined today.

The Seoul East Detention Center, where more than 200 people were infected, had already undergone a comprehensive examination, but for a precise examination, it will be held again tomorrow.

In addition, Seoul South Prison and Seoul South Detention Center, Anyang Prison and Suwon Detention Center, Incheon Detention Center, Uijeongbu Prison and Training Prison are also scheduled to be inspected. Hwaseong professional.

The number of prisoners in nine institutions is about 17,000, and the Ministry of Justice and the quarantine authorities are discussing issues such as the medical personnel to be examined.

The Ministry of Justice announced that it will organize a special inspection team to conduct on-site inspections on the overall status of the COVID-19 quarantine at correctional facilities across the country starting today.

In addition, he explained that he will do everything possible to block the spread of Corona 19 in correctional facilities in strict recognition of the current emergency situation and in close collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

YTN Han Dong-oh at the Ministry of Social Affairs[[email protected]]is.

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