Main Tasks
Overview of Forensic Treatment and Custody System
Duties
- Accommodation, custody, and treatment of persons for whom the disposition of Forensic treatment and custody has been ordered and the related investigation and research according to the Act on Medical Treatment and Custody, etc.
- Psychiatric evaluation of persons requested by the court, prosecutors’ office, and the police, etc.
History
| Date | Description | Description |
|---|---|---|
| November 3, 1987 | Opened Institute of Forensic Psychiatry (500 beds) | |
| October 15, 1995 | Expanded to add ward (500 beds) | |
| November 10, 1997 | Concurrently used name of “National Forensic Psychiatric Hospital” | |
| January 29, 2004 | Opened Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Center | Used existing 100 beds |
| July 11, 2006 | Changed name to National Forensic Hospital | |
| December 14, 2008 | Opened Character Therapy and Rehabilitation Center | Used existing 100 beds |
| July 1, 2011 | Expanded to add Character Therapy and Rehabilitation Center (200 beds) | 1,200 beds in total |
| August 10, 2015 | Opened Bugok Forensic Hospital (50 beds) | |
| January 2016-December 2018 | Completed facility modernization project for the Institute of Forensic Psychiatry ward Downsized 11 large wards (50 beds → 10 or less) |
2 in 2016, 4 in 2017, and 5 in 2018 |
| November 14, 2019 | Established Forensic Psychiatry Research Center, an affiliated organization of the Institute of Forensic Psychiatry | |
| December 2020 | Commenced construction to build intensive care ward | 2 in 2016, 4 in 2017, and 5 in 2018 |