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description: "Kyo-hwa-so No. 7, Kanggye (Prison (kyohwaso)): Operating (per HRNK). Located in Chagang Province. Kyo-hwa-so No. 7, Kanggye is also transliterated as Kangkye and Ganggye.  Type of prisoners: Unknown Type of Labor: Unknown This location has not been confirmed by HRNK prisoner testimony. It has been listed in NKDB and KINU reports. There is no further information about its current state of operation."
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[Prison camps](https://savenorthkorea.org/camps) · Chagang Province

Prison · kyohwaso 

# Kyo-hwa-so No. 7, Kanggye

7호 강계 교화소

Located in the mountainous interior of Kanggye, Jagang Province, Kyohwaso No. 7 houses prisoners assigned to heavy industrial production and mining supporting defense supply infrastructure in the northern military zone.

**Unknown** prisoners no reliable published estimate 

**Active** Operating (per HRNK) 

**Social Security** run by 

Kanggye City · Jagang

Kyo-hwa-so No. 7, Kanggye · 40.9543°N, 126.5677°E [Google Maps ↗](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9542659,126.5677088,15z/data=!3m1!1e3) · Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics 

[ Open on the intel map](https://savenorthkorea.org/map#camps=camp-8)[ Kanggye City county](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kanggye)[ How the camp system works](https://savenorthkorea.org/learn/north-korea-prison-camps)

## How well documented

1. Satellite imagery
2. Listed by NKDB / KINU
3. Survivor testimony

## Also known as

- Kangkye
- Ganggye

## Why people end up here

Kyohwaso hold people sentenced through the regular courts. Sentences are set in years, but hunger, beatings and heavy labor kill many before release. Common charges:

- Illegal trading
- Smuggling across the border
- Watching foreign media
- Trying to escape to China

## Sources

- [**HRNK prison camp map** hrnk.org ↗ ](https://www.hrnk.org/)
- [**UN Commission of Inquiry (2014)** ohchr.org ↗ ](https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/co-idprk/commission-inquiry-on-h-rin-dprk)