Prison Camps · North Hamgyong Province · Kwanliso
Facility at Udan (우단 수용 시설)
Political prison camp (kwanliso)
Operating (per HRNK)Operated by: Ministry of State Security
Udan is an isolated mountain facility in North Hamgyong Province tracked by human rights analysts for suspected political detention and state security operations.
System Context & Human Rights Documentation
Political penal colonies like Facility at Udan form the foundation of North Korea's state terror apparatus. Under the principle of three generations of punishment (yeonjwa-je), the relatives of those suspected of political crimes, including small children and elderly parents, are incarcerated without judicial trial. The 2014 United Nations Commission of Inquiry found that the crimes committed inside these camps (extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, rape, and forced abortions) constitute crimes against humanity.