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Prison camps · North Hwanghae Province

Prison · kyohwaso

Kyo-hwa-so No. 6, Sariwon

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Located in Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, Kyohwaso No. 6 holds roughly 3,000 inmates working in cement manufacturing, agricultural farming, and masonry.

~3,000prisonersHRNK estimate
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Pongsan · North Hwanghae
Kyo-hwa-so No. 6, Sariwon · 38.5126°N, 125.7741°EGoogle Maps ↗ · Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

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Who is held here

  • Men
  • Political prisoners

Forced labor

  • Clothing and Shoe factory
  • Farming
  • Model detention facility

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

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