Korea Forest Welfare Institute Provides 'Forest Healing' Services to Correctional Officers

Correction officers are participating in a forest healing program. Provided by Korea Forest Welfare Institute

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Forest Welfare Institute is providing 'forest healing' services to correctional officers.

The Forest Welfare Institute announced on the 9th that, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice Correction Headquarters, it will conduct a forest healing program for correctional officers on the 16th at the National Chuncheon Forest Experience Center in Sinbuk-eup, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon Province.

The program was prepared to offer job stress management and mental health promotion services to correctional officers experiencing exhaustion and depression in correctional facilities.

Starting with the National Chuncheon Forest Experience Center, the Forest Welfare Institute plans to conduct forest healing programs for correctional officers at National Forest Experience Centers located in Hoengseong, Chilgok, Daejeon, and Naju.

The program consists of a total of six sessions, allowing about 200 correctional officers to participate in a 2-night, 3-day schedule.

The Forest Welfare Institute plans to support participating correctional officers in overcoming stress caused by excessive complaints from inmates within correctional facilities and recovering their mental health in the forest.

Lee Chang-jae, Director of the Forest Welfare Institute, said, "We will continuously expand the forest healing program that allows correctional officers to momentarily forget the tension inside correctional facilities and to refresh their body and mind in the forest."

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