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, though a moratorium on executions in South Korea is in effect.
Notable prisoners Current Han Duck-soo: Former acting South Korean president. Serving a 15-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 37 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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