"Spit and throw ramen".a prison officer whose violence and overwork have become a daily routine

[Anchor]
It has been shown that prison guards who manage prisoners are constantly increasingly suffering from assault or malicious complaints.

Reporter Yoon Tae-in pointed out whether there are any causes and countermeasures.

[Reporter]
Na Sang-hyun, who is in charge of security administration at the Seoul Southern Prison, is a prison officer with eight years of employment this year.I'm working with the mission of '∀}
' 'reformation of prisoners', but it wasn't smooth.

I wonder if we can use a 'fantasy' drawing here!

[Na Sang-hyun / Seoul Southern Prison Prison Officer] He spits or throws feces. I was on patrol and now I was hit by a cup noodle thrown by an inmate....]

Prisoner crimes in correctional facilities are on the rise every year, accounting for more than half of them, including injuries and assault.

In particular, more than 100 cases of inmates assaulting prison guards have already been reported this year alone.

When An Jin-soo, who oversees document work in the same prison, handles complaints, he often panics.

[Ahn Jin-soo / Seoul Southern Prison Correctional Officer: (Corporate Card) Payment details and receipts for 4 years, 5 years, personal information about employees' identities.... It is often used for bullying or for the purpose of carrying out one's own claims.]

The work is overflowing, but the hands are always short.

The number of inmates in correctional facilities has steadily increased as they exceed the capacity, and as of October this year, the capacity rate has exceeded 120% of the capacity.

However, the number of correctional officials to manage them has decreased, and the number of employees is less than the number of employees.

[Ahn Jin-soo / Seoul Southern Prison Correctional Officer: Even when I get home, I ask, 'Wait a minute, is this person going to be released tomorrow?' Then come out early in the morning and check again, suffer from hard work, and these things (mistakes) happen all the time....]

[Na Sang-hyun / Seoul Southern Prison Officer] When I lie down on my bed after work, the emergency bell sounds like hearing voices. I heard so many alarm bells that it was left in my ears.]


It seems necessary to come up with effective measures for correctional officials who are working with a sense of duty.

I'm YTN Yoon Tae-in.

Photographer: Jin Soo-hwan

Design: Ji Kyung-yoon