The camp consists of a large prison compound situated between Samdung-ri and the Nam River, in Kangdong-gun, in South Pyongan province of North Korea, about 30 km (19 mi) east of downtown Pyongyang.
[6] Another former prisoner reported high death rates due to work accidents, malnutrition, and disease.
Seriously ill prisoners are sent home on sick leave to reduce the apparent number of deaths in detention.
Prisoners live in unsanitary conditions; they sleep on the floor in groups of 50 to 100 people, without bathing or changing their clothes.
Food rations consist of only 50 g (2 oz) of corn and wheat and some cabbage soup per meal[2] and all prisoners are seriously underweight.