Prison camps · Kangwon Province
Prison · kyohwaso
Kyo-hwa-so No. 88, Wonsan
88호 원산 교화소
Located in the port city of Wonsan, Kangwon Province, Kyohwaso No. 88 is an active correctional labor camp supporting harbor maintenance, construction, and coastal industry.
?prisonersno published estimate
ActiveOperating (per HRNK)
Social Securityrun by
Open on the intel map Wonsan City county How the camp system works
How well documented
- Satellite imagery
- Listed by NKDB / KINU
- Survivor testimony
Also known as
HRNK ties one more site to this 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
