Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong Receives S2 Security Level in Detention Center... Allowed Six Visits Per Month

Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics, who was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison for the 'state affairs manipulation' case, has been assigned the S2 grade of relaxed security treatment at Seoul Detention Center. Seoul Detention Center reportedly held a classification treatment committee on the 10th and decided on Lee's treatment grade accordingly.

The frontline detention centers determine the security treatment level for convicted prisoners like Vice Chairman Lee. The security treatment is judged based on a classification index consisting of 16 items such as motive of the crime, sentence length, and potential for rehabilitation, and is divided into four levels from S1 to S4. The S2 grade received by Lee is the second lowest security level after the open treatment grade (S1), allowing six visits and three phone calls per month. However, due to social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Seoul Detention Center, where level 2 distancing is applied, permits only one visit per week even for S2 grade inmates.

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