Boeun-gun accelerates competition to attract Ministry of Justice correctional facilities... 3 candidate sites scheduled to be compressed

The competition to attract the Ministry of Justice's correctional facilities (prisons), which were considered to be avoided facilities, is heating up.

Boeun-gun announced on the 1st that as a result of receiving village-level invitation applications last month, 16 towns from 8 towns and villages applied.

The county plans to narrow down three candidate sites by comprehensively evaluating site adequacy, infrastructure, surrounding environment, and resident acceptability, and then submit an application for attraction to the Ministry of Justice.

A Boeun-gun official said, "The economic ripple effect from correctional facility staff and family members and visitor visits is significant, and the state-of-the-art security system is applied, so there is no need to worry about safety issues." He added, "The announcement of a resident support project cost of 1 billion won for the host village also attracted the attention of residents."

The Ministry of Justice is accepting proposals from local governments until the 4th of next month to build additional correctional facilities in four locations across the country.

Each location is expected to accommodate 1,000 people, and a land area of ​​192,000 m2 is required.

Currently, Boeun-gun, Jecheon-si in North Chungcheong Province, and Yeongdeok-gun in Gyeongbuk are preparing to host the site.

Boeun-gun expects that 241.9 billion won will be invested in the construction of correctional facilities, and that there will be an economic effect of 800 billion won per year through the relocation of employees (250 people) and their families.