Officer at North Korean ‘Labor Training Center’ Killed by Vengeful Former Inmate

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Officer at North Korean ‘Labor Training Center’ Killed by Vengeful Former Inmate
2019-05-09


North Korean "Labor Training Center" prisoners march to forced labor.
Asia Press

An officer at a penal labor facility in North Korea was killed last month by a former inmate in what is believed to be an act of retaliation for the officer’s harsh treatment of inmates at the work camp in Kaechon, South Pyongan province.

Penal labor facilities exist all over North Korea. They are called “labor training centers” by the regime and are under the control of the Ministry of Justice and the police. Established in the 1990s to reform minor offenders through short-term labor, the training centers have no shortage of inmates.

But sources say that inmates in the centers go hungry and must endure abuse from those in charge.

Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/labor-training-center-north-korea-05092019160322.html