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Prison camps · South Pyongan Province

Political prison camp · kwanliso

Camp 14, Kaechon

14호 개천 관리소

Camp 14 is a "Total Control Zone" (wanjeon tongje-guyeok) political prison camp situated along the Taedong River in Kaechon, South Pyongan Province. Inmates sentenced to total control zones are never released, and multiple generations of families are held under guilt-by-association (yeonjwa-je). Former prisoner Shin Dong-hyuk gave detailed testimony of being born inside Camp 14 before escaping in 2005.

~15,000prisonersHRNK estimate
ActiveOperating
State Securityrun byBowibu
JagangKangwonNampoNorth HamgyongNorth HwanghaeNorth PyonganPyongyangRyanggangSouth HamgyongSouth HwanghaeSouth PyonganPukchangCamp 25, ChongjinCamp 15, YodokCamp 16, HwasongCamp 22, HoeryongCamp 18, PukchangKyo-hwa-so No. 8, YongdamKyo-hwa-so No. 11, Chung-sanKyo-hwa-so No. 7, KanggyeKyo-hwa-so No. 2, DongrimKyo-hwa-so No. 88, WonsanKyo-hwa-so No. 9, HamhungSunchon Kyo-hwa-soKyo-hwa-so No. 8, Sungho-riFacility at I-golFacility at UdanCh’oma-bong Restricted AreaKyo-hwa-so No. 3, SinuijuKyohwaso No. 1, KaechonKyo-hwa-so No. 4, KangdongKyohwaso No. 12, ChongoriKyo-hwa-so No. 6, SariwonKyo-hwa-so No. 22, OroKyo-hwa-so No. 77, Danchon
Pukchang · South Pyongan
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Crimes against humanity

Whole families are sent to kwanliso without trial under guilt by association (yeonjwa-je). The 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry found these crimes in the political prison camps:

  • Extermination
  • Murder
  • Enslavement
  • Torture
  • Imprisonment
  • Rape
  • Forced abortion
  • Persecution
  • Enforced disappearance

Sources

Other facilities in South Pyongan Province