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Another Corona 19 death came out at the correctional facility.
A male prisoner in his 30s who was confirmed confirmed at the Seoul detention center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do died today (31st) morning.
The Ministry of Justice has decided to implement Step 3 of social distancing in correctional facilities for two weeks starting today.
This is Lee Han-seok reporter.
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Lee Yong-gu, Vice Minister of Justice, held a briefing at the Seoul Government Complex this morning and came up with countermeasures against the coronavirus outbreak in correctional facilities.
It has announced that it will carry out the 3rd step of social distancing at all correctional facilities for two weeks starting today.
This is a measure to minimize contact between prisoners in a dense space.
[Lee Yong-gu/Deputy Minister of Justice: We decided to minimize contact between prisoners by limiting the treatment of prisoners, such as interviews, work, and training, and to provide limited interviews with lawyers.]
Correctional facility staff maintain an emergency working system and external activities In principle, it is prohibited.
Measures are also taken to relieve the overcrowding of correctional facilities.
The Ministry of Justice is first considering a plan to transfer additional prisoners in order to lower the density of prisoners in the eastern detention center where group infected people came from.
We also plan to expand parole for labor prisoners, those with underlying diseases that can worsen seriously, and model prisoners.
In addition, to prevent further spread by asymptomatic infections, we plan to conduct rapid antigen testing on all employees and prisoners.
Vice Minister Yong-gu Lee apologized, saying, "This incident occurred due to a lack of preemptive quarantine measures in relation to the coronavirus outbreak from the eastern detention center in Seoul."