White paper on crime 2018 Part2/Chapter4
Penal Institution consists of prison, juvenile prison, and detention house. Prisons and Juvenile Prisons are mainly to hold sentenced inmates while Detention Houses are mainly for inmates awaiting judgment. Workhouses for fine defaulters are attached to all penal institutions and court-ordered confinement houses are attached to most of penal institutions. As of April 1, 2018, there were 76 main penal institutions (62 prisons including four rehabilitation program centers, six juvenile prisons, and eight detention houses) and 108 branch penal institutions (eight branch prisons and 100 branch detention houses).