Political Prisoners' Camps in North Korea: Replicas of Stalinist Gulags
Seoul, South Korea: The Institute for South-North Korean Studies and The Korea Herald Inc., 1993. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 62, [2] pages. Map. Cover has some wear and soiling. Conditions inside North Korean prison camps are unsanitary and life-threatening. Prisoners are subject to torture and inhumane treatment. Public and secret executions of prisoners, especially in cases of attempted escape, are commonplace. The mortality rate is very high, because many prisoners die of starvation, illnesses, work accidents, or torture. The DPRK government denies all allegations of human rights violations in prison camps, claiming that this is prohibited by criminal procedure law, but former prisoners testify that there are completely different rules in the prison camps. Many other former prisoners, including Kang Chol-hwan and Shin Dong-hyuk, gave detailed and consistent testimonies on the human rights crimes in North Korean prison camps. According to the testimony of former camp guard Ahn Myong Chol of Camp 22, the guards are trained to treat the detainees as subhuman. The North Korean prison camp facilities can be distinguished into large internment camps for political prisoners and reeducation prison camps. More