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NHRCK Expressed its Opinions on Amendment Bill of Criminal Administration Act
Date : 2006.06.28 00:00:00
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National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) presented its following opinions on the amendment bill of Criminal Administration Act at the request of the Ministry of Justice. The opinions were expressed at the Plenary Committee on June 12, 2006, after examination of related matters.
First, NHRCK expressed its appreciation of the amendment in that the Ministry of Justice made an effort to improve human rights policies in laws by trying to accept changed social demands on human rights and following NHRCK’s advice on relief steps and reform measures on various aspects of imprisonment facilities. However, the Commission decided that it had to give an opinion to ameliorate some newly revised prescriptions which do not contain any prevention of human rights infringement.
The Criminal Administration Act has a significant impact on human rights because it is comprised of laws on the management of imprisonment facilities and inmates. NHRCK has emphasized the amendment of Criminal Administration Act by recommending various relief steps and other advice. Considering that more than 40% current complaints NHRCK receives are about imprisonment, the Commission has rights to examine such cases according to the law on human rights from National Human Rights Commission Act’s Article 19 Clause 1.
NHRCK presented its recommendations for the amendment bill of Criminal Administration Act on such issues: to change the term of “correctional facility” to “detention facility”; to gradually reduce the large-sized facility to a smaller facility of less than 500 inmates.; to improve the condition of classified internment depending on security level; to better the variety and usage of instruments of restraint ; to integrate the operation of the seclusion room and sedation room; to reform the punishment category and punishment commission; to complement regulations on discrimination prohibition; to observe general rules on medical treatment; to give special care to the weak in the facility; to make a clear statement about the minimum time for exercise and reception; and to mitigate the limitation of mail exchanges between inmates.
NHRCK suggested that the government and overall society should take care of inmates’ human rights and facility improvement for the purpose of their healthy return to society through correction and edification.
