The government released on Friday its first white paper introducing employment and housing support measures for former prison inmates to prevent them from reoffending.
Another document on crime released by the Justice Ministry the same day showed the proportion of elderly former inmates returning to prison was notably high in 2017, with many facing unstable prospects outside jail due to inadequate support from their families and difficulty in landing jobs.
The white paper said employment support staff have been dispatched to 77 criminal facilities and 45 juvenile correctional institutions across the country in the current fiscal year. These support workers interview inmates to assess their willingness to work and vocational aptitude.