Seoul Detention Center

The Seoul Detention Center (Korean: 서울구치소; Hanja: 서울拘置所, alternatively Seoul Prison)^[1] is a prison in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea,^[2] operated by the Korea Correctional Service.

Seoul Detention Center

Seoul Detention Center
Location	Uiwang
Status	Operational
Security class	Detention Center
Population	1500 (in medical section, 1990 report) (as of 1990)
Opened	July 1967
Managed by	Korea Correctional Service
City	Uiwang
State/province	Gyeonggi Province
Country	South Korea

History

The Detention Center was completed in July 1967.^[3]

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.^[4]

Operations

The Center houses an execution chamber.^[5]

Notable prisoners

Current

• Yoo Young-chul: South Korean serial killer.^[5] Sentenced to death in 2004, awaiting execution.
• Yoon Suk Yeol: Former South Korean president.^[6]

Former

• Roh Tae-woo: Former South Korean president^[7][8]
• Lee Jae-yong: Vice Chairman of Samsung Group^[9][10]
• Park Geun-hye: Former president of South Korea who was impeached and sentenced to prison for bribery, abuse of power, and other offenses.^[11][12]
• 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.