Even though South Korean criminal justice system felt the necessity of treatment and rehabilitation for the drug addicted inmates, South Korea has concentrated on the punishment of them while disregarding the treatment and rehabilitation. Therefore, drug addicted inmates go back to the prison without overcoming drug temptation. 「The policy for the rehabilitation of drug related offenders(2006. 5)」 which was released by the Korean Corrections Bureau of Ministry of Justice on May 2006 is an appropriate policy for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicted inmates. However, it is hard to achieve some practical results only if there is a lone effort by the department which is dealing with the drug addicted inmates. Now, there should be in-depth discussions among the drug offence related criminal justice system to achieve effective results. This study examines the current status of the management and treatment for the drug addicted inmates in the correctional facilities. Based on this examination, I would like to recommend some effective ways of management and treatment for the addicted inmates. Especially, this study will provide some additional considerations for the implementation of 「The policy for the rehabilitation of drug related offenders(2006. 5)」. This study presents following recommendations: First, drug addicted inmates should be classified and segregated from the stage of un-conviction to the release from prison. Second, there should be enough medical doctors and drug addiction professionals. We can use medical doctors who are majoring psychiatry instead of mandatory military service. For the drug addiction professionals, we can educate our drug related employees at the graduate programs in drug specialized universities. Third, there should be more programs and educations for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicted inmates. Fourth, through the periodical inspection of the inmates, the usage of drugs in the correctional facilities should be prevented. Fifth, we need to consider the concept of community correction for the drug addicted inmates. Therefore, we can build an intermediate prison for the addicted inmates or can give more parole opportunities. Also, by the alleviation of the closed treatments using the strict correctional and educational programs, we can use more open treatments.

Nowadays drug is common problem all over the world and has been a main concern of mankind. The abuse of drug could cause individual and national, social, and economic problem. It has been recognized as the worldwide and imminent task to solve the drug problem. The number of drug-related crimes in Korea exceeds 10 thousands for 3 years and the population of chronic drug addicts is over 20 to 30 thousands, which means passive drug policy meets the crossroads. The diffusion of drugs reflects the insensibility of drug problem in the community. It can be said that the fear and harm of drug have not been regarded as serious as the past in the community in that drug abusers can be easily found among the students, housewives, salary men, professors and politicians. In the past the main drug was hashish but now the kinds of drug are changed such as philopon, ecstasy which have strong toxication. This trend reminds us that drug users are no more afraid of the adverse effects of drugs. The most serious problem is that many addicts are found among young people. As the price of drug is down so young people can easily contact to the drug and the age of young people who start to use drug becomes younger. Drug and hallucinations among young people have been used without recognition of harm caused from the drug and can be prevailed easily because of the strong infection. Drug use usually leads to violence, theft, sexual crime and sleeping in group among young people. The policy against drug should be implemented differently from the past. Especially in the drug case of an entertainer it can be recommended that the case should be treated differently with the consideration of the effects on the young people. It is important to educate young people about the harm of drug abuse. Law enforcement agency should not satisfy just catching the drug users but pursue drug manufacturer and drug dealer to the end to eradicate the drug abuse. Together with control and punishment the systematic treatment should be done. There should be medical treatment facilities and treatment program which provide aftercare program for the drug offenders. In terms of criminal policy drug offenders can be classified as drug users, drug manufacturers and drug dealers. Among drug users they can be classified as slight and heavy addicts. For the slight addicts they should submit a memorandum which says "I will not take drug" and then sentence probation or community service order to give another chance to be rehabilitated. For the heavy addicts they can be considered as patients who need treatment instead of putting them into the prison and should be sent to the special treatment center to get fundamental treatment and rehabilitation. For the drug producers and dealers there should be harsh punishment in that they commit crimes for their own profit and have done serious harms to the people, society and the entire nation. In fact drug offenders held in prison together are classified and accommodated differently from the other inmates and they do not have many things to do. In their cell they spend time talking to each other specially slight addicts with sexual topics and it may lead them to serious addicts. They could exchange the knowledge of drug-related crimes during their stay in the prison and contact each other and then commit a crime together after release. Accordingly this study will discuss reasonable and efficient treatment for the drug offenders held in prison. First, as general notion the study will find the differences between drug and kinds of drug, the characteristics and adverse effects of drug and analyzes the actual situation. Secondly, to understand drug offenders more the thesis studies the procedure of drug addiction and theoretical part of addiction. Thirdly, the study analyzes the present treatment system. Fourthly, based on the questionnaire the study will discuss the thought of drug offenders, treatment program and aftercare program and fifthly based on analyzing the questionnaire of medical officers it explains the thoughts of medical officers and inmates. Finally it will suggest the most reasonable alternative measure which will be useful for preventing drug offenders' re-offence and leading them a sound community member.