This year, there were 599 violations of electronic anklet wearing regulations... Martial arts practice center is under capacity.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Yun-ju = There are a series of cases in which people subject to electronic supervision wearing electronic anklets (location tracking electronic devices) violate compliance regulations such as restrictions on going out, but there is a lack of dedicated manpower to manage and supervise them.

In particular, the Ministry of Justice has been operating a supervision team consisting of a probation officer and a martial arts officer since 2013, but the number of martial arts officers is also insufficient.

According to data received from the Ministry of Justice by the office of Rep. Kim Han-gyu of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly, on the 12th, the number of cases of violation of compliance requirements by those subject to electronic supervision from January to July of this year was counted at 599.

By type, there were 590 cases of violation of restrictions on going out, and there were also cases such as violation of access ban (4 cases) and violation of entry ban (5 cases).

The number of people subject to electronic supervision is also increasing.

As of July this year, the number of people subject to electronic supervision was 5,273, an increase of 9.24% compared to last year (4,827 people).

By year, the number continued to remain in the 4,000 range, with 4,421 in 2022, 4,188 in 2023, and 4,474 in 2024. Considering that 5,273 people were counted as of July this year, there is also talk of the possibility that the number will be in the upper 5,000 range by the end of the year.

In contrast, there is a shortage of dedicated personnel to guide and supervise the subjects on site.

Excluding one-on-one personnel and investigative personnel, the number of personnel dedicated to guidance and supervision who actually manage subjects in the field was counted at 234 as of August this year.

By year, it decreased from 255 in 2022 to 225 in 2023, and 223 in 2024 and 2025 respectively.

This year, the number increased slightly to 234 as of August.

The number of managers per person also increased to 20.4 as of July this year compared to 17.1 in 2022.

It was found that the number of martial arts practitioners who manage subjects along with probation officers in the field is also short of capacity.

Martial arts officers are personnel who assist probation officers in order to prevent repeat offenders.

The Ministry of Justice established a new Electronic Supervision Crime Prevention Team in 2013, consisting of one probation officer and one martial arts officer, to closely guide, supervise, and respond to the target.

Martial arts practitioners analyze the subject's movement path, patrol the scene, and when an electronic device alarm occurs, they are dispatched to the scene and perform tasks such as assisting in the arrest of the subject.

The number of martial arts practitioners is 170, but as of August this year, the actual number of staff is only 167 due to vacancies due to retirement.

There are more than 10,000 cases each year in which an alarm is triggered and dispatch to the scene occurs due to reasons such as the electronic anklet's power being turned off or the subject violating compliance regulations.

As of July of this year, there were 12,604 field dispatches conducted by a probation officer and a two-person martial arts officer.

The number of dispatches is increasing every year, including 9,940 in 2022, 12,108 in 2023, 12,590 in 2024, and 14,363 in 2025.

There are also cases where employees who are dispatched to the scene are victims of assault by the target.

As of August of this year, 7 probation officers and 5 martial arts officers were victims of assault.