{"id":54291,"date":"2023-03-14T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=54291"},"modified":"2023-03-14T10:44:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:44:13","slug":"what-crime-put-away-most-inmates-north-korean-forced-labor-camps-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/what-crime-put-away-most-inmates-north-korean-forced-labor-camps-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"What crime put away most inmates at N. Korean forced labor camps last year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People convicted of crimes related to watching or distributing illegal visual content accounted for the largest percentage of inmates at North Korean forced labor camps last year, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a comprehensive report on the offenses committed by forced labor camp inmates distributed to the country&#8217;s bureau of corrections last year, the most common offenses were related to \u201cimpure videos,&#8221; a reporting partner in North Korea told Daily NK last Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This suggests that many people were sent to the camps for violating the DPRK Law on Rejecting Reactionary Ideology and Culture, which was implemented by the Supreme People&#8217;s Assembly in late 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 27 of the law calls for sentences of five to 15 years of correctional labor against people caught watching, listening or possessing \u201cfilms, recordings, publications, books, songs, drawings or photos from South Korea,\u201d and life sentences of correctional labor or death for individuals who import and distribute such materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;In the past, people who were caught distributing foreign videos were unconditionally sent to political prison camps, but nowadays, it they don&#8217;t seem able to send all of them to political prison camps because there are so many students and young people [watching and distributing illegal visual content],&#8221; the reporting partner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report suggests that despite severe punishments, there has been no reduction in the number of violations of the law, with students and young people partial to foreign culture accounting for many of the violators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reporting partner said people caught using mobile phones for smuggling also accounted for many of the prisoners, as well as burglars, murderers and drug criminals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPerhaps because of the border closure, the number of inmates in for human trafficking was half that of 2021,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forced labor camp inmates reportedly receive no medical or legal assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn North Korea, when you\u2019re being tried, your lawyer either takes the prosecutor\u2019s side or just sits next to the defendant without saying a word,\u201d said the reporting partner. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLawyers here are all mutes during trials. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re breathing, you\u2019re sent to forced labor camps, unless you\u2019re a pregnant woman or about to give birth,\u201d he continued, adding, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201csince you don\u2019t even get help from lawyers in this country, it goes without saying that you don\u2019t receive medical care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reporting partner said violations of human rights continue inside the camps, including beatings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInmates continue to be sexually assaulted and beaten,\u201d he said. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are many prison camp guards that never share their addresses or family situation with inmates because there are many cases of ex-cons seeking revenge after they are released, perhaps because of the abuses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the reporting partner added that some ex-inmates visit their former guards to express appreciation about their treatment during incarceration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea currently operates 11 forced labor camps in Chongo-ri, Kaechon, Kangdong and elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except for the camp in Sariwon, which is a showcase for the international community, the camps reportedly hold between 2,500 and 4,000 prisoners, with the nation\u2019s total prison population at around 40,000 people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides the forced labor camps where people sentenced to \u201creeducation through labor\u201d are sent, there are plenty of other incarceration facilities, including detention centers, collection centers, labor bridges and political prison camps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are reportedly about 200,000 people in political prison camps, though North Korea denies they even exist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live inside North Korea. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20230308-5\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People convicted of crimes related to watching or distributing illegal visual content accounted for the largest percentage of inmates at North Korean forced labor camps last year, Daily NK has learned. 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