Life in the camps
Life inside North Korean Prison camps are terrible. These camps have horrid living conditions, forced labor, public executions, and torture. Many people describe the camps as being "odious" and "systematic", which qualified them as a crime against humanity.
Forced labor
“My mother was given farming duties, starting work at 5 o’clock in the morning and returning home at 11 o’clock in the evening.” Shin Dong-Hyuk
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Cha Kwang-Ho was hurt badly from dragging trees from
forced labor. He later starved to death because his food supply was cut off due
to not completing his labor hours.
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Torture and living conditions
All pictures were drawn from the mind of Shin Dong-Hyuk.
"My torturers pierced me with a steel hook near the groin to stop me writhing. The pain was so bad that I passed out.” Stated Shin Dong-Hyuk
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The inmates in the prison camps only get 700g of food per day (40% of prisoners are killed due to malnourishment).
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“My arms were tied and hung for half hour, then brought down and then taken back as many as five times a day,” stated
Shin Dong-Hyuk in an interview |
Shin Dong-Hyuk, said: “One lucky day, I discovered some kernels of corn in a small pile of cow dung. I picked them up, cleaned them with my sleeve before eating.”
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Torture in the camps include airplane beatings, solitary cells, and sleep deprivation.
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Public Executions
“Everyone in Kwanliso witnessed executions. When I was an inmate in Kwanliso 15, I saw three executions," Stated Jee Heon-A (former prisoner at camp 16).
Forced Abortion
“They would force abortion,” Park Ji-hyun testified. “Pregnant women get sent to labor camps to carry loads up and down the hills so that it will naturally cause miscarriages.”