Total prison population:
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- Country
- Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
- Ministry responsible
- Ministry of Public Safety
- Prison administration
- Correctional Department
- Contact address
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Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
North Korea - Head of prison administration
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Director
Prison population data
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
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The U.S. State Department human rights report for 2016 says that estimates of the prison population total range between 80,000 and 120,000.
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| Number of establishments / institutions |
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‘’NGO reports documented six types of detention facilities: kwanliso (political penal-labor camps), kyohwaso (correctional or re-education centers), kyoyangso (labor-reform centers), jipkyulso (collection centers for low-level criminals), rodong danryeondae (labor-training centers), and kuryujang or kamok (interrogation facilities or jails.” (U.S. State Department human rights report for 2015)
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