Act of Execution of Rehabilitation Treatment Article 13

In the event that a drug abstention and rehabilitation center is unable to provide safe shelter during a natural calamity or social incident, delinquents may be transferred to safe locations under guarded transfer procedures. Where a guarded transfer could not implemented, delinquents who have completed their rehabilitation programs shall be released; delinquents who have not completed their rehabilitation programs shall be released on a temporary basis. However, the foregoing release decision shall be reported to the prosecutors or juvenile courts.For delinquents released according to the provisions of Paragraph 1, the prosecutors or juvenile courts shall process the case pursuant to Article 20 Paragraph 2 of the Drug Prevention and Control Act.A temporary release of delinquents processed under the Paragraph 1 shall enable inmates to leave the drug abstention and rehabilitation center for a maximum of seventy-two hours; thereafter, delinquents should voluntarily return to the center for continued rehabilitation. Delinquents who fail to return to the center after the seventy-two-hour deadline without valid reason shall be regarded as escaped delinquents and penalized accordingly.