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Re-education Camp location

There are 19 Re-education Camp in the entire North Korea In North Korea, the Re-education Camp is defined as "an institution or facility that detains and educates those who have committed a crime and imprisonment before People and Nations."
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Jeongeori Re-education Camp

Location: Prison belonging to the National Security Agency of North Hamgyong Province, Jeongeori prison is located in North Hamgyongbuk-do, Hwaeryeong-si, Moosan-ri. (North latitude 42.2103/East longitude 129.7536)

Kaecheon Re-education Camp

One of prisoners belonging to the National Security Agency
of South Pyeongan Province, Kaecheon prison is located in
South Pyeongannam-do Gaecheon-si, Yaksu-dong.
(North latitude 39.7083/ East longitude 125.9233)

- As a correctional institution controlled by People's Security Bureau under the National defense committee, Re-education camp in North Korea accommodate detainees charged with labor training punishment in the court
- Under the criminal law of North Korea, forcibly repatriated North Korean defectors are usually placed in either Jeongeori Reeducation Camp or Kaecheon Re-education Camp.

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