4) The System of Prisoner Punishment and Related Facilities Each PPC has its own system for the punishment of prisoners. No official documents are available that outline neither this system nor its facilities. However, certain aspects of the above, and some idea of the extent to which such punishment goes, are revealed in detail by the present survey on the basis of testimonies by witnesses from the PPC. The survey shows that PPC prisoners are arrested and investigated at facilities for such purposes if caught (or suspected) of violating camp rules. Depending on the findings of the investigation, prisoners can be punished in various ways: public execution, transfer to another PPC, detention in a PPC internal prison, hard labor, reduced food rations, etc. The process of prisoner punishment is covered in detail by the survey, as follows: (1) The Process of Disciplinary Punishment Camp authorities conduct investigations into alleged violations by prisoners of camp rules and regulation and punish them. The underlying rationale of this process is control of the prison population through terror and maintaining the efficient operation of the camp. The survey shows that arrest and investigation are carried out immediately and merciless beatings and tortures are commonplace during the investigative process. Investigations are carried out in the investigative section of the SSA office in the camp. Public executions are conducted following a public trial and in front of a large number of prisoners. By terrorizing the prisoners in this way, camp officials attempt to deter the recurrence of certain infraction of rules and regulations. There are no trials, however, in the instance of other type of punishment; final decisions regarding the degree of punishment are made by SSA officers. However, the witness from Camp No. 13 testifies that the prisoner is openly tried if the punishment is heavier than a mere lock-up. It is to be understood that the witness was a former SSA officer in the camp, so there could have been a limited number of cases determined by trial during his period of service. However, no testimonies by former prisoners made any reference to any such judicial trial in the camp. Thus, participation or intervention in the process of punishing prisoners by any outside organization has not been confirmed. Under the current circumstances of this survey’s results, it is concluded that prisoners are disciplined and punished in the PPC in accordance with internal processes and decisions by PPC camp authorities. (2) The Nature and Degree of Disciplinary Punishment The present survey reveals a variety of punishments, depending on the nature of the charge brought against the prisoner. These punishments include public execution, secret execution, transfer to a maximum-security camp, internal imprisonment, hard labor, reduced meal rations, open criticism, delayed release and conversion of sentence to life imprisonment (in the case of high92