1. Extreme Job - Prisoner 20090107 Broadcast Prisoners who live with inmates for at least 9 hours and up to 24 hours. Their 24 hours, hiding the tension in the isolated space and preparing for situations that could occur at any time, working hard to correct and educate the inmates! In the morning, the day of prisoner Jae-man Kim, who has 19 years of experience as a prisoner, begins. Prisoner Jae-man Kim, who works at Daejeon Prison with over 3,000 inmates, says that although he has been a prisoner for a long time, he cannot relax even for a day. Even if he is sick, he cannot rest properly because he knows that other prisoner officers will have a hard time if he rests due to shift work. The first thing he does when he arrives at work in the morning is to receive a handover from the prisoner who worked the night shift. He starts his work by checking the situation that occurred last night and the tasks that need to be done today. Then, the morning inspection begins. He checks the conditions of the inmates and the cells with the prisoner officers in charge of each unit. After the inspection, counseling is given to prisoners with grievances and meetings with lawyers are managed. Since bad situations often occur if the stories of prisoners with complaints or suggestions are not heard in a timely manner, special care must be taken. Next, the newly transferred prisoners to Daejeon Prison are assigned to cells. However, one prisoner refuses to enter the cell, saying that he will not enter unless it is a solitary cell, and after an interview, the new prisoner is eventually assigned to a solitary cell based on the prisoner’s statement that he shows self-harm and violence if he is not housed alone. After the cell assignments are completed, the correctional officers now take care of the prisoner’s visitation duties. Since there are over 150 visits scheduled per day, they are busy opening and closing the prisoner’s cell doors. The correctional officers take a short break when it is the prisoners’ exercise time. However, another incident immediately breaks out! There is friction between the prisoner and the janitor. Correctional officer Kim Jae-man, who was thinking seriously, calls the prisoner over and talks frankly to ease the prisoner’s mind. First, the inmate quickly calms down at the attitude of correctional officer Kim Jae-man, who asks for reconciliation. This attitude of sometimes being strict, but sometimes being gentle like a friend, is something that comes from a long career as a correctional officer. On the first night of the new inmates’ stay at Daejeon Prison, the correctional officer inspects the cells more thoroughly than usual. New inmates sometimes self-harm or even attempt suicide due to psychological burden on the first day they are transferred, so they must not neglect even one of them. There is not much time to sit properly all day, but the hardship is felt when work is over and they leave work. During work hours, the correctional officers focus on the inmates and forget about the hardships and focus on their work. This is how their day goes. The next day, there are special correctional officers at Daejeon Prison! Correctional officer Noh Eok-jin, who made business cards for the first time in 29 years as a correctional officer, and a correctional officer who spends the whole day looking through documents in a dedicated office in the basement? What is the special story behind these guards? It is 8 p.m., well past the end of work. However, the guards go back into the prison. The guards on night duty today have to inspect the three prison cells containing about 150 inmates. Since the patrol work continues every 30 minutes throughout the night, it is not easy. The guards walk the prison cell corridors carefully checking if there is anything unusual among the inmates. As the night deepens, the intervals between patrols become shorter. It is understandable to be tired after working all night like this, but the reason they cannot relax even for a moment is because inmates often self-harm or attempt suicide at dawn... For that reason, all the guards on patrol have a strong desire to pass quietly today while ensuring the safety of all the inmates. The next morning, as the roll call for each prison cell is over, the guards on night duty are finished with their work. The guards’ faces are filled with smiles of satisfaction at the fact that their shift has ended without incident. In another unit, inmates are receiving job training. In the job training unit, which was created to help them settle and adapt to society after their release, inmates are learning sewing skills. The guards who are guiding them from the side are watching the inmates and are also alert to any possible safety accidents... Since the guards think that it is rewarding for them to see the inmates finish their prison life in good health and be released, their attitude toward the inmates is even more friendly. At the same time, in the counseling room of another unit, a serious atmosphere is brewing due to a conflict between the inmates. The cause is a foreign inmate who has been picking a fight with other inmates and causing a commotion, and since this is not the first time, the guards are even more embarrassed. In the end, the situation is resolved after the foreign inmate firmly promises that something like this will never happen again. In a situation where it can be resolved through dialogue, it is okay, but if the situation worsens rapidly and escalates into assault, the safety of the guards cannot be guaranteed... In fact, in 2004, a guard died on duty due to an assault by an inmate, which was heartbreaking for those around him. Although guards work in such extreme situations, guard Noh Eok-jin has often felt sorry because of the prejudices that exist due to the nature of his job. Guard Noh says that he made a business card for the first time in his 29 years of working as a guard. Guard Noh Eok-jin said that he did not want to make a business card because of the prejudices that guards have in the world. Guard Noh Eok-jin's face shows sadness, saying that he always feels sad because he thinks guards are too far removed from society. Another building's basement file room. It would not be an exaggeration to say that guard Song Seong-bin's day begins and ends here. Guard Song, who is in charge of processing information disclosure requests, is in charge of all information disclosure requests for the entire prison by himself, so he feels like he needs ten bodies. Since they have to secure receipts one by one, there are many documents and receipts to find for each case, so there are many cases where they don’t have time to leave the basement until the end of work. It must be even more difficult because it is a humid place with no sunlight, but they do their best because it is their job. Meanwhile, in the Gyulsa-dong, prison officer Kim Jae-man is on his way to pick up prisoners scheduled to be released today. Although it is welcome news that prisoners who have served their sentences without any crimes are being released, it is also disappointing to think that prisoners who have spent a lot of time talking and spending time with them are leaving, regardless of the relationship between prison officers and prisoners. Inmates who have been released after serving their sentences are receiving their belongings and changing their clothes. The prison officers they see are also showing their regret at the sight of prisoners living in a closed space just like them. Prison officers seeing off prisoners who are being released. The prison officers feel the greatest sense of accomplishment when they see their families waiting outside the prison and the prisoners who are being released happily greeting and embracing their families. Correctional officers are the ones who do their best in their assigned duties and further strive for the safety and education of the inmates! They work tirelessly 24 hours a day for the inmates rather than themselves, and they are the hidden number one contributors to creating a bright society. 2. Documentary Perspective - Another World, Prison 20191223 Broadcast The more inmates one correctional officer has to take care of... At Anyang Prison, the oldest prison in Korea, 15-year veterans Kim Jeong-seop and Vice Principal Moon Sang-cheol work together as a duo. Their work area is the disciplinary investigation unit. This is where inmates who cause accidents or engage in problematic behaviors in the prison are investigated and punished. The rule is that there should be one inmate per cell, solitary confinement cells, but even though the 36 cells are full, they are only having two inmates. Since they keep the problem inmates, not a single incident or accident happens, and they say they are constantly moving to meet the inmates' even the smallest requests. Even if they are a veteran duo, two people cannot meet the needs of dozens of inmates. As the number of inmates overflows and the scope of responsibility of one correctional officer expands, they are busy listening to the needs of inmates and dealing with accidents, rather than their original purpose of correction and education. From surprise inspections to checking on sleeping places, correctional officers have numerous tasks due to lack of facilities. In prisons, inmates are divided into four levels, from S1 to S4, and managed. The higher the number, the more serious the crime, and the more vicious the criminal. Wonju Prison has the highest number of S4 units. The role of the CRPT Mobile Patrol Team, a dedicated team that is dispatched when there is a situation such as disturbance, commotion, or assault by inmates, becomes more important. However, due to the lack of facilities, ordinary negligent criminals and vicious criminals are sometimes mixed in the same room. Choi Nam-gyu, a correctional officer, is worried that if they are treated differently but are in the same room, inmates with lower crimes may be harmed or their criminal tendencies may be infected. In addition to checking for misconduct, they also have to check their sleeping places to prevent ranking among the inmates. Long nights in prison where they cannot relax In prisons where they have to watch the inmates 24 hours a day, night shifts are a must. In Daejeon Prison, Inspector Kim Seong-su, who works in a four-shift system, is in charge of the solitary cells where the biggest accidents can occur at night. Last year, 7 inmates committed suicide due to correctional accidents. The night is an extremely dangerous time for inmates in solitary cells. In order to prevent correctional accidents, they have to patrol the cells every hour to check for inmates who are sick or harming themselves. The long hours of having to watch 26 cells on a small CCTV monitor screen alone are burdensome for Inspector Kim Seong-su. He has to endure this lonely and tense time alone. #TVViewingGolladunDocumentary #Prison #Imprisonment #Incarceration #LifeSentence #DeathCaseInmate