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Second building of the North Gyeongsang Province Prison. North Gyeongsang Prison Home Page
The Gyeongbuk community is shaking with anxiety as the government has decided to transfer 400 inmates from the Seoul East Detention Center infected with the new crown to the North Gyeongsang Second Prison (Cheongsong Prison) in Cheongsong, Gyeongsangbuk-do. The director of Cheongsong Prison issued a separate appeal and said, “Please resent me and resent me” and said, “Let us overcome difficulties by gathering competence and wisdom.” Correctional authorities set out to prepare to receive inmates from Seoul along with local public sentiment.
According to an appeal letter from the prison director on the 26th, ‘A few words to colleagues’, the Daegu Regional Correctional Service held an emergency countermeasures meeting after the government’s decision to relocate and decided to evacuate the second prison earlier. of 27. To this end, the prisoners here are transferred to another correctional institution for two days on the 26th and 27th.
Subsequently, corona-confirmed detainees19, excluding seriously ill patients, the elderly and those with underlying illnesses, who are being held at the East Seoul Detention Center will be transferred there. The second prison in North Gyeongsang Province has 500 private rooms and can be used as a vital treatment center for them.
Also, the second prison is separated from other correctional facilities where Gwangdeoksan is surrounded like a screen. Including the second prison, three facilities, including the North Gyeongsangbuk-do First Prison, collectively called Cheongsong Prison, the Vocational Rehabilitation Specialized Prison, and the Third Prison, are located within a fence of the second prison.
The government carried out a comprehensive review of the capacity and facility structure of all correctional institutions across the country, including North Gangwon Prison, Yeongwol Prison and Daegu Prison, at the meeting of measures of the Centers for Disease Control chaired by Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun on the 25th. It was judged as the “last bastion” that could prevent further spread, and was designated as the “Prison Life Treatment Center of North Gyeongsang “.
Due to the characteristics of the correctional facilities, according to the sentiment of the confirmed patients in the Seoul East Detention Center, the prison staff here, who have to manage the confirmed prisoners transferred to the East Detention Center together with the staff doctor, you cannot hide your anxiety. The prison must wear level D protective clothing and work until the life treatment center is operational.
However, as they are exposed to danger, employees are unable to return home to avoid spread to the local community, such as their families, and are forced to camp with their co-workers. Approximately 1,500 employees work in four correctional facilities, including the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prisons in North Gyeongsang Province and the Gyeongbuk Vocational Training Prison in Jinbo-myeon, Cheongsong City.
Some of the “Remarks to Colleagues” sent to the staff of the second warden of the North Gyeongsang Province Prison. Reader provided
The prison director informed the news of the transfer, saying: “I have delivered a truly unfortunate and heavy news”, through an appeal on the night of the 25th when agitation and dissatisfaction from the employees was expected. “After listening to the government’s decision, I knew very well how my colleagues would feel. It was difficult to accept because I understood and felt heavy.”
He said: “It is not the fault of our colleagues that caused the crisis, but nowhere is there a safe haven from Corona 19. This is no time to divide and criticize ourselves about whose fault it is. Why should we make these sacrifices again? ” I ask.
Some of the “Remarks to Colleagues” sent to the staff of the second warden of the North Gyeongsang Province Prison. Reader provided
The prison director said: “I will not be free of my own responsibility and burden. I will do it with each of my colleagues no matter what. Furthermore, the prison headquarters will be able to adequately prepare compensation measures other than those of highest priority in the future when reporting high recharges. I will do my best, “he appealed.
The Eastern Detention Center in Seoul, where a large number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection occurred. Yunhap news
The East Seoul Detention Center is made up of five 12-story buildings, unlike other low-density built local detention center buildings. It was analyzed that most of the lives were indoors and the housing density was high, which resulted in a group infection.
Daegu = Junho Jeon reporter [email protected]
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