The Seoul Detention Center (;
Hanja
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:서울拘置所, alternatively Seoul Prison)
is a prison in
Uiwang
Uiwang () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It is one of many satellite cities that ring Seoul, making up the Seoul Capital Area. Its largest immediate urban neighbor is Anyang. The low peaks of the Gwangju Mountains (including Mora ...
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Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
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operated by the
Korea Correctional Service.
History
The Detention Center was completed in July 1967.
According to a 1992 report by the Lawyers for Democratic Society, in 1990 the Detention Center had 1,500 prisoners in the medical section with only one full-time doctor, and prisoners frequently lacked necessary medical treatments.
Operations
The Center houses an execution chamber.
Notable prisoners
Current
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Yoo Young-chul: South Korean
serial killer
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* with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...
Former
* Former
South Korean president
The president of the Republic of Korea (), also known as the president of South Korea (often abbreviated to POTROK or POSK; ), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president leads the State Council, and is ...
Roh Tae-woo
Roh Tae-woo (; ; 4 December 1932 – 26 October 2021) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the sixth president of South Korea from 1988 to 1993.
Roh was a close ally and friend of Chun Doo-hwan, the predecessor leader ...
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Lee Jae-yong: Vice Chairman of
Samsung Group
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Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye (; ; often in English ; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017, until she was impeached and convicted on related corruption charges.
Park was the fi ...
: Former
president of South Korea
The president of the Republic of Korea (), also known as the president of South Korea (often abbreviated to POTROK or POSK; ), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Korea. The president leads the State Council, and is ...
who was impeached and sentenced to prison for bribery, abuse of power, and other offenses.
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Kang Chang-gu: Serial killer, executed on April 17, 1990.
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Oen Bo-hyun: Spree killer, executed on November 2, 1995.
* Six members of the
Chijon family
The Chijon Family (or Jijon Family) was a South Korean gang of 6 members. The gang was founded in 1993 by Kim Gi-hwan, a former convict, and six other former prisoners and unemployed workers who shared his grudge against the rich. 'Chijon' is ...
, executed on November 2, 1995.
References
{{coord missing, South Korea
Prisons in South Korea
1967 establishments in South Korea