[사회]Chu Mi-ae, first apology on social media…Tomorrow, the 5th total inspection at Dongbu Detention Center

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For the first time, Justice Minister Chu Miae apologized through social media for the mass infection at the Eastern Detention Center.

The Ministry of Justice will conduct a 5th total inspection tomorrow against the Eastern Detention Center.

This is Koo Soo-bon.

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[이용구 / 법무부 차관 (어제) : 서울동부구치소 코로나 확진자 집단감염 발생과 관련하여 국민 여러분께 심려를 끼쳐 드려 진심으로 송구하다는 말씀드립니다.]

Minister Choo Mi-ae, who did not appear in the position where the Ministry of Justice admitted the failure to quarantine correctional facilities.

As the criticism increased, I apologized for the first time through SNS in a day.

Minister Chu said as the minister in charge of correctional affairs, he said he was very sorry for causing concern to the people.

However, rather than the Ministry of Justice’s procrastination, they cited structural problems such as inevitable concentration of camps and high-rise buildings as the main cause of the situation.

The first confirmed cases in the Eastern Detention Center occurred in late November of last year, but Minister Chu visited the site after another month and was criticized for being procrastinated.

Even before the group infection, masks were not properly provided, and even if they complained of suspected symptoms of Corona 19, claims that only cold medicines were prescribed without quarantine measures or additional tests, etc.

[이진숙 (가명) / 동부구치소 수감자 가족 : 2m 거리 두기하고 5인 이상은 모이지도 말라고 벌금도 물고 그랬잖아요. 그런데 여기에 10명을 넣는다는 건 이건 너희는 병 걸려서 죽으라는 소리밖에 더 되느냐는 거예요.]

As a result of the 4th full-time inspection of the Dongbu detention center inmates and employees, 126 people were further confirmed, and the number of related confirmed cases is now close to 1,000.

In terms of the confirmation rate, it exceeds 30%.

The Ministry of Justice decided to go back to the 5th full inspection after three days.

It was decided to raise the distance of correctional facilities nationwide to three stages, and to minimize the schedule for investigations and trials summoned by the prosecution.

However, the spread of group infections in correctional facilities seems unlikely to subside as confirmed cases and deaths follow one after another among prisoners who have been transferred from the eastern detention center to other correctional facilities.

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