Suwon City and Correctional Facilities Cooperate to Support Released Prisoners' Reintegration into Society

[Suwon Ilbo=Correspondent Seo Dong-young] Suwon City is collaborating with correctional facilities to support the stable social reintegration of low-income released prisoners.

The city held a meeting with correctional facility officials from Suwon Detention Center, Korea Legal Protection and Welfare Corporation, and Suwon Probation Office at City Hall on the 29th, discussing effective emergency support measures for released prisoners.

The city and correctional facilities will cooperate in identifying and supporting low-income at-risk households among released prisoners. They also decided to provide emergency living expense support and other assistance to released prisoners facing economic difficulties to facilitate their stable reintegration into society.

Suwon Detention Center, Korea Legal Protection and Welfare Corporation, and Suwon Probation Office will provide released prisoners with advance guidance regarding emergency support eligibility and support standards. Administrative welfare centers in neighborhoods where released prisoners reside will handle counseling, field investigations, follow-up surveys, and case management for emergency support beneficiaries.

The city's Welfare Cooperation Division reviews the appropriateness and extension of emergency support beneficiaries and determines support for living expenses and housing costs.

In 2020, support due to ‘release from prison’ among reasons for emergency support in Suwon City accounted for 10.9% of total emergency support (as of October 2020).

A city official stated, “Through close cooperation with correctional facilities, we will be able to efficiently promote emergency support projects,” and added, “We will ensure that released prisoners facing difficulties receive appropriate support and are able to reintegrate into society.”