jail, prisoners would be given three spoons of grain at each meal and forced to remain in a crouched position, without any movement. All prisoners who had been to jail died shortly afterward. (A06, former prisoner from Sorimchon, Camp No. 15, 2003~2006) “You are punished for violating camp rules, failing to accomplish your work target, failing to return at a given time, taking a stroll at night, etc. Types of punishment included being denied a meal for the offender or possibly for everyone in the company. Once, oxcarts were on fire and all prisoners who were nearby put out the fire. Very strangely, the oxcarts caught on fire again and were destroyed. Then, all prisoners were given additional work duty of felling three trees. We had such poor meals at that time. I didn’t see any jails there but I saw prisoners being taken to jails in another valley. I didn’t know what the charges against them were. There were cases where prisoners were released from this additional hard work for doing good work.” (A10, former prisoner from Taesuk-ni No. 15, 1995~1998) “Prisoners are sent to jails for talking about their life before arrest, saying something they shouldn’t have said, complaining about the work and camp systems, as well as failure to ‘reform one’s self.’ Prisoners are also sent to jails for denouncing North Korean society or having sexual relations with another prisoner. In the camp, there are jails. Kum XX was sent to a jail for talking about her meeting with someone from Yongpyong while collecting wild plants up on the hill. XX Shin-ho (born in 1954) was in jail for about a month for not obeying an SSA officer.” (A12, former prisoner, from Taesuk-ni, PPC No. 15 1994~1997) “Prisoners are normally arrested during meetings, such as an ideological struggle session, for having said something wrong. They were taken to a jail in the SSA office of Camp No. 15. The SSA building is located at a distance of 100 meters from the main gate. Few prisoners would survive detention in that jail. Prisoners are forced to beat each other prisoners at the ideological struggle session. Prisoners are arrested during the session or based on tips from a spy. Prisoners are shackled when taken to the place from which no one returned alive.” (Kim Yong-sun from Ipsok and Yongpyong, PPC Camp No. 15) “The most common punishment in the camp is beating. All prisoners are beaten for any given insignificant mistake. Prisoners are sent to jails for more serious crimes. The jail is for detention and punishment of prisoners, who violated camp regulations, stole something, secretly fell in love with another prisoner, or disobeyed SSA officers. Stealing corn or vegetables on the farm are the most 98