According to the latest data released by the South Korean government, from January to August of this year, more than 600 inmates were paroled when less than 60% of their sentences were actually executed due to insufficient prison capacity, a significant increase over previous years. South Korean media reported on the 18th that the Ministry of Justice released the above data at the request of Joo Jin-woo, a member of the National Assembly of South Korea's largest opposition party, the National Power Party. According to the data, no more than 40 inmates were released on parole each year from 2022 to 2024. The number of people released on parole has surged in the last two years. In 2025, 172 people were paroled when serving less than 60% of their sentences. In the first eight months of this year, the number of such paroled persons reached 634.

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