Episode 72
A day at the special detention center started with an inspection and ended with an inspection. Director Yoon was preparing to inspect the closed room in front of the Sadongmun, holding an inspection board as usual.
“Prepare to inspect each room.”
Sihyeon walked around the cells and shouted to the inmates to prepare for inspection. The inmates who heard those words moved bustling around. It was a completely different movement than usual. Even when I was told to prepare for inspection, it was very different from my usual routine of moving slowly and making preparations.
The inmates looked around the narrow cell to see if anything was disturbed in the living room. Sihyeon, who saw that, seemed to like it and nodded with a satisfied face.
“Every room at attention! Ready for inspection of 2nd floor unit!”
Chief Yoon’s booming voice was heard. It seemed like the district chief had come into the compound to conduct an inspection.
Sihyeon also slowly walked towards that direction.
“One shot!”
This was when Director Yoon shouted and the district manager approached to check room 1.
“hello!”
Lee Hae-chang, who was imprisoned in Cell 1, greeted in a loud voice as if he was swearing. It was a voice so loud and powerful that the surroundings rang loudly.
“…Uh, surprise.”
The district chief looked surprised at the sudden loud voice. Normally, I would just say a formal hello, but I was surprised when he shouted at the top of his voice.
Chief Yoon, who was standing behind him, also looked surprised. He was looking at Lee Hae-chang with wide eyes.
The district chief tilted his head.
“What’s wrong?”
“no!”
“….”
This time, Lee Hae-chang answered loudly. The district chief looked at him with a strange gaze. Come to think of it, his sitting posture was different from usual.
The form of sitting straight in the middle of the cell was perfectly angled without any disturbance. It felt like seeing a soldier with full military discipline. The way he raised his voice to answer gave me the same feeling.
I feel uncomfortable when someone suddenly does something they don’t normally do. However, there wasn’t really anything to say about it. This was not against the prison’s rules, but rather it was behavior that should be encouraged.
“Hmm.”
The district chief headed to the next room with a slightly reluctant look on his face.
“Uh… room 2!”
Director Yoon was also mesmerized as he watched Lee Hae-chang’s strange behavior, and belatedly realized that the district chief had moved and shouted.
“hello!”
The inmate in room 2 also greeted Lee Hae-chang in a loud voice. As expected, he was sitting upright in a very angled posture.
“Umm….”
The district chief looked like something was really at stake.
These people as a group… ?
He asked with a serious face.
“What are you complaining about?”
“doesn’t exist!”
“What happened today?”
It certainly wasn’t like this until this morning. It was no different from before.
But he suddenly acts like this in the afternoon?
I couldn’t help but think that there must have been something in between.
“There was nothing at all!”
When I saw the inmate answering harshly, even adding the word “not at all,” it didn’t seem like he would give me an obedient answer.
The district chief turned his head and looked at Chief Yoon. And he gave me a look as if asking what was going on.
However, I did not know anything about Chief Yoon. Rather, what I was curious about was the same thing for Chief Yoon. Chief Yoon shook his head with an expression that showed he knew nothing.
Then, the district chief’s gaze naturally turned towards Sihyeon, who was standing at the very back.
Sihyeon answered with a smile.
“When I was inspected in the morning, I saw some shortcomings, so I talked to the inmates about how to correct them, Chief.”
“okay…?”
The district chief had a questioning look on his face. This is because the prisoners were not those who would listen obediently to what was said.
“Yes, I did, right?”
Sihyeon asked the inmate as if seeking confirmation. Then the inmate responded immediately.
“Yes! That’s right! Director Lee Si-hyeon kindly explained what went wrong during the inspection!”
“….”
Okay, so let’s say you said that. But why are you obediently listening to that? ? Since when did they say they were model prisoners?
The district chief made an expression that he could not understand. I went to the next room, thinking it couldn’t be possible, but that room also got the same reaction. When all 10 inspections were completed, the district chief’s expression looked like he was possessed by a ghost. He was so serious that he even wondered if he had seen something wrong.
However, looking at Director Yoon’s dazed face, it was clear that he was not the only one who saw this.
“…Chief Yoon.”
“Yes, Chief.”
“Send one inmate to the provincial office for some counseling.”
Normally, when a room was closed, the rule was to not allow the prisoners to move unless it was unavoidable.
However, to my surprise, the district chief said so.
“Yes, I will send it right away.”
“Okay, inspection completed. Good job.”
“Yes, rest in every room!”
Chief Yoon shouted.
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“How did you do it?”
As the district chief left, Director Yoon immediately asked Sihyeon. He seemed to be walking around the cell and talking with the inmates this morning, and it seemed to have something to do with it.
“Didn’t I tell you yesterday that I would establish some order of detention?”
Sihyeon smiled and continued.
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“So I talked to some of the inmates.”
“What? You changed like that when you talked about it?”
Chief Yoon asked as if he were dumbfounded.
“Yes, I have some know-how in dealing with inmates. It is important to talk openly. If you approach someone with sincerity, then the other side will be willing to show sincerity. You cannot approach someone with prejudice and prejudice just because they are a criminal.”
“….”
“Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t just say things softly. Sometimes you need to be strong. Controlling your strengths and weaknesses well is the secret to dealing well with inmates. In this case, the inmates seemed to be too relaxed, so I spoke a little more forcefully. By doing that, they got angry. “I realized I might be doing something wrong.”
“Huh… they realized they might be doing something wrong?”
Chief Yoon looked at me with an expression as if he was asking me what kind of bullshit that was.
“Yes, that’s right. Chief Yoon, don’t worry too much. If any of the inmates have any complaints due to this incident, I will take full responsibility.”
“No, I’m not worried….”
“Chief Sihyeon Lee is right! I realized my mistake!”
“That’s right!”
The inmates in rooms 9 and 10 shouted, probably because they were nearby and could hear Si-hyeon and Chief Yoon. As a result, Chief Yoon’s words were cut off.
Sihyeon immediately spoke coldly to them.
“How dare you interrupt while the person in charge is talking? Is that how you were taught in the new living room?”
“S-sorry!”
“I have committed a mortal sin!”
Ah, no, what is a mortal sin… .
Director Yoon seemed even more embarrassed by this absurd situation. Does it make sense that the inmates immediately scolded me for scolding me a little?
Sihyeon said.
“It would be better to go to the office and talk about it. It’s a bit…”
“Yes, of course.”
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In less than a week after officially working, Sihyeon became a celebrity at the special detention center. Rumors have already spread that the acceptance attitude of the two companies on the second floor has changed.
If it had changed just a little bit, the rumor wouldn’t have spread this far. But, strangely enough, the inmates who had been living like terminally ill sergeants suddenly turned into new recruits at a training camp.
There was no way it wouldn’t spread if the rumor didn’t spread.
“Did you hear what Chief Lee said?”
“What are you talking about?”
“He was very famous at the prison where he worked before Chief Lee.”
“okay?”
“Beyond CRPT and everything else, this chief was the ace of the security department.”
“Huh, seeing what you’re doing now, it seems like that.”
“That’s not the end.”
“What is it again?”
“You know that prison guard who became famous after being featured in a documentary. He made prisoners crawl around without being able to move.”
“Ah, yes, you know.”
“I heard that the prison guard is this chief.”
“That prison guard is this chief? Hey… this time, a complete monster has come in. A monster has come in.”
“Yes, a monster came in. That’s why I’m worried. There are some monsters among our inmates.”
“Yes.”
“Wouldn’t something happen if monsters got together? I’m worried something might happen.”
“That’s right. Shouldn’t you at least tell me in advance?”
“I don’t know. If you were the kind of person who would put up with something like that, would you have become famous for keeping things in order? So that’s a problem.”
“That’s what I heard.”
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“Brother, you are amazing.”
Kangbaek said and poured cider. They were having dinner together at a pork belly restaurant after work. Neither of us enjoy drinking alcohol, so we were drinking soda instead.
“Hey, why are you being so embarrassing?”
Sihyeon waved his hand.
“No. I still get nervous when I look at the inmate and my mouth goes dry. But, you’ve completely caught them all in less than a week. I’m just amazed.”
Kang Baek said this with an expression of complete sincerity, not to impress people.
“No, that’s natural because there is a difference in experience. At first, my heart fluttered when I saw the inmate.”
“I can’t believe you have times like that.”
“Hey, at first I didn’t even believe in security and ace, but I overdid it.”
“Who doesn’t believe it? I completely believed it.”
Kangbaek laughed and joked.
“Okay, is it worth working for?”
“Yes, it’s more worth doing than I was worried about. But there’s some pressure because the awakened people are the recipients.”
“Don’t feel too pressured. Anyway, if you’re in the cell, you can’t break the bars and get out. You just have to be careful outside.”
“Yes, I am also being extra careful outside.”
“Yeah, you’re doing great.”
Sihyeon nodded and ate the pork belly.
“Ah, but, brother.”
Kang Baek spoke as if he suddenly remembered something.
“What?”
“I heard other seniors talking about it.”
“uh.”
“It seemed like he was worried that his brother would cause trouble.”
“Really? What’s the problem?”
Sihyeon stuck her head out a little more towards Kangbaek.
“It seemed like he was worried that he might run into trouble later.”
“Haha, really? That’s right.”
Sihyeon laughed softly. I thought I knew what you were worried about. The number of problems in special private schools was on a different level from the number of problems in general private schools.
It was a much more dangerous entity. Because there is power. If you decide to cause trouble, a serious accident could occur. Since it is not something that can be tied up 24 hours a day, something like that could happen at the wrong moment. So, the guards probably had no choice but to show some restraint to the problematic inmates of the special unit.
Well, it was the same in general sadong as well. Prison guards have no choice but to treat problematic prisoners with caution.
However, he is concerned that if he goes out too strong to establish an order of acceptance for them, problems may arise. It was completely understandable.
but.
“Do you know what my specialty is?”
Sihyeon took a sip of cool cider and asked.
“Huh? I don’t know….”
“It’s about educating people in question.”
fantasy,
