North Korean Prison Camp Research Paper

Have you ever heard of the prison camps in North Korea? Many people do not know what they are. North Korean prison camps have existed ten times a longer than the Nazi Concentration Camps. Shin was born in Camp 14, a prison camp with no release for the inmates. Prisoners in these camps work eighteen hours a day, have very little food, are starved, beaten and these are just some of the atrocious punishments. Since the 1950’s and 1960’s, citizens have been unjustifiably sent to Camp 14 for opposing the North Korean Government. In the camps, people are very selfish and are taught to snitch and only trust the guards. Shin viewed his own mother and brother as competitors for food. “His mother beat him, and he viewed her as a competitor for food. His father, ignored him, and his brother was a stranger” (Harden 3). This quote demonstrates the lack of compassion and sympathy in the prisoners in Camp 14. Shin and the other prisoners have lived like this all of their lives and they really do have no clue how people interact. …show more content…
The Bowiwon children are of golden blood from great leaders. “The station is near the southwestern corner of Camp 14, to get there from school students had to pass below the Bowiwon Compound. From above, children began to shout at Shin and his classmates. Rocks the size of fists rained down on the prison children” (Harden 33). This explains the different power statuses between the prisoners and the Bowiwon children and how they relate to North Korea. The Bowiwon children had the right to beat, starve, and abuse anybody beneath them. Outside of the camps in North Korea, leaders are the only ones with power and wealth, while everyone else is below them in