“Control psychotropic drugs in prisons to prevent recidivism”…Government should strengthen drug control and rehabilitation = South Korea

Drug crimes are rapidly increasing in South Korea, and there are concerns about the high recidivism rate. In particular, experts believe that controlling the psychotropic drugs brought into prisons could lead to the rehabilitation of drug inmates in prison.
We all said in unison that we had to do it. Experts interviewed by E-Daily said on the 30th that the number of psychotropic drugs brought into prisons should be reduced to help drug offenders wean themselves off the drug.
Advised. Cho Sung-nam, director of the National Legal Hospital, said, ``Since there are no drugs in prisons, inmates go to outside hospitals and falsely complain of symptoms such as ADHD or insomnia and receive prescriptions for narcotic drugs.''
``Prisons do not have psychiatrists, so they conduct medical examinations online and prison officers manage medication intake, but it is difficult to check each patient's condition and whether or not they are taking medication, unlike in a psychiatric hospital.''
” he said. At the same time, he recommended that ``the number of drugs admitted to prisons should be reduced, and guidelines should be given to outside hospitals so that they cannot prescribe more than a certain amount.''
It has also been pointed out that the government needs to collect prescription records for the number of prisoners in prison to understand the current status of medical supplies being brought into prisons. Director Lee Bom Jin of the Drug Extermination Research Institute said, ``Addiction
"Although highly potent psychotropic drugs are legally prescribed, there has been no investigation into how many prison inmates are prescribed psychotropic drugs." Department
We have to manage this." In connection with the suggestion that other crimes occur in solitary confinement cells where drug offenders are gathered together, experts say, ``Although we maintain separate detention, we do not want to give them opportunities for rehabilitation.''
We have to increase it," he said. Professor Suzyung Lee of the Department of Criminal Psychology at Gyeonggi University said, ``Another goal of the correctional authorities is to prevent the spread of drugs in prisons.''
We have to prevent it." Park Jin-sil, a drug lawyer, said, ``Even if drug offenders think they will never use drugs again, their addiction symptoms make them think about drugs again.''
In order to prevent crimes from spreading due to kidnapping, we still distinguish between drug offenses and general offenses."