Prison camps · North Hamgyong Province
Political prison camp · kwanliso
Camp 25, Chongjin
25호 청진 관리소
Camp 25 is located inside the urban area of Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province. Satellite imagery analyzed by HRNK and CSIS shows significant expansions of guard posts, perimeter walls, and agricultural workshops during the 2010s. Unlike mountain valley camps, Camp 25 operates within city limits and holds political prisoners performing forced manufacturing and agriculture.
~5,000prisonersHRNK estimate
ActiveOperating, expanded in the 2010s
State Securityrun byBowibu
Open on the intel map Chongjin City county How the camp system works
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
