The Ministry of Justice announced that by the 6th, 233 people, including staff and inmates, had been confirmed at the Dongbu Detention Center.
Most of them were found to be omicron infections.
It has been 12 days since a new inmate was confirmed on the 25th of last month.
The Incheon Detention Center also counted 67 cumulative confirmed cases so far.
In the Eastern Detention Center, from the end of 2020 to the beginning of last year, about 1,200 people including prisoners and correctional facility staff were confirmed.
The Ministry of Justice said that it is taking necessary measures, such as isolating close contacts, to prevent the spread of Corona in correctional facilities.
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