Seoul Detention Center

The Seoul Detention Center (; Hanja: 서울拘置所, alternatively Seoul Prison) is a prison in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, 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

• Han Duck-soo: Former acting South Korean president. Serving a 23-year sentence.
• Yoo Young-chul: South Korean serial killer. Sentenced to death on December 13, 2004, awaiting execution.
• Yoon Suk Yeol: Former South Korean president. Serving a life sentence plus five years.

Former

• Roh Tae-woo: Former South Korean president
• Lee Jae-yong: Vice Chairman of Samsung Group
• Park Geun-hye: Former president of South Korea who was impeached and sentenced to prison for bribery, abuse of power, and other offenses.
• Kang Chang-gu: Serial killer, executed on April 17, 1990.
• Oen Bo-hyun: Spree killer, executed on November 2, 1995.
• Six members of the Chijon family, executed on November 2, 1995.

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