수형자에 대한 중간처우의 개선방안

Abstract

The Revised Bill of The Penal Execution and Correctional Treatment Act wasenacted on 21. dec. 2007. This Act surpasses Korean current Prison Act both inthe protection of prisoners rights and the improvement of correctional treatment. The Korean Prison Act has been revised several times for the purpose ofstrengthening the ability of adaptation to a society for prisoners. To resolve the conflicts between the idea that inmates have their consitutionalrights and the reality that basic rights of inmates could be confined as necessaryon the other hand, we should discuss more concretely about the scopes and rangesof inmates rightsAs far as many proposed plan is concerned, it seems too idealistic, is hard toachieve in reality. Therefore I suggested some alternative ideas such as developing correctionalprograms. It is exactly Halfway Housing Program. Inmates go through great hardship to rejoin community. there is a gap betweentheir situation and the real life they are facing after coming out of prison. Since inmates had an experience to be separated from the community for a longtime, they are likely to think of having an unrealistic life plan not matching wellwith real life. To solve these problems, it's necessary for them to be trained byrational treatment in the prison and to be well adjusted by social training beforecoming out of prison. Among these systems, halfway house is a epochal rehabilitation system. As itmakes inmates to assist their access to various community resources as well as toknow using community resources, it leads community's remedy and reintegration. Also it contributes to provide food and shelter, to help job place, workpreparedness and rehabilitation and to reduce overcrowding inmates of correctionalinstitutions. The Korea Correctional Service has introduced a halfway house as a first attemptin Anyang Correctional Institution in January, 2009 and is now operating itsuccessfully. Halfway house is a system to achieve the modern correctional goal (e.g. rehabilitation) through providing temporal residence for parolee or released inmatesand programs to promote social adaptation and to prevent recidivism. Korea Correctional Service in Ministry of Justice with understanding of theimportance of Halfway housing program has established ‘Dream House’ in Anyangprison as a community-based halfway treatment and has a plan to extend thehalfway housing program. To achieve this goal, this study explores the reality of American and Canadianhalfway housing programs which suggests various lessons for Korean halfwayprogram. In addition, this study provides a suggestion about the development ofselection, the development of programs, and the evaluating measures of halfwayprograms.