Prison camps · South Pyongan Province
Prison · kyohwaso
Kyo-hwa-so No. 11, Chung-san
11호 증산 교화소
Kyohwaso No. 11 in Chungsan County, South Pyongan Province, operates extensive coastal salt fields and farming brigades. Testimonies documented by the UN Commission of Inquiry describe extreme physical exhaustion, severe water contamination, and high fatality rates among prisoners assigned to salt production.
?prisonersno published estimate
ActiveOperating (per HRNK)
Social Securityrun by
Open on the intel map Jungsan county How the camp system works
Who is held here
- Men
- Women
- Border crossers
- Political prisoners
Forced labor
- Farming
- Construction
- Manufacturing
Also known as
- Chonsan
- Jungsan
- Jeungsan
Why people end up here
Kyohwaso hold people sentenced through the regular courts. Sentences are set in years, but hunger, beatings and heavy labor kill many before release. Common charges:
- Illegal trading
- Smuggling across the border
- Watching foreign media
- Trying to escape to China
Sources
- HRNK prison camp maphrnk.org ↗
- HRNK satellite report (2017)hrnk.org ↗
- UN Commission of Inquiry (2014)ohchr.org ↗
