Camp 22 is a North Korean prison for political prisoners. It is located in north-east North Korea, on the border of Russia and China near the city of Haengyong .
Overview
There are an estimated 50,000 detainees held in Camp 22. Most have been imprisoned because relatives were critical of the Korean Workers' Party or its General Secretary Kim Jung-Il.
Alleged abuse
Tales of horror and brutality are rampant in regards to human rights abuses at Camp 22. There have even been accounts of chemical experimentation on prisoners using a glass gas chamber for observation. Some accounts have even been attributed to a former chief of management at Camp 22, Kwon Hyuk .
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