Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§9242 Report on North Korean Prison Camps

Title 22 › CHAPTER 99 — NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS AND POLICY ENHANCEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS › § 9242

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State must send Congress a report about each North Korean political prison camp, when information exists. The report must cover seven things: estimated prisoner numbers; the camp’s exact location; why people are held there; the camp’s main industries, goods, and who uses those goods; who is responsible for conditions; the conditions of food, shelter, medical care, work, and any reports of abuse; and images, including satellite photos, provided so U.S. intelligence sources and methods are not revealed. The report can be included in the first human rights report due to Congress after February 18, 2016.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §9242

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general

The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes, with respect to each political prison camp in North Korea, to the extent information is available—

(1)the camp’s estimated prisoner population;

(2)the camp’s geographical coordinates;

(3)the reasons for the confinement of the prisoners;

(4)the camp’s primary industries and products, and the end users of any goods produced in the camp;

(5)the individuals and agencies responsible for conditions in the camp;

(6)the conditions under which prisoners are confined, with respect to the adequacy of food, shelter, medical care, working conditions, and reports of ill-treatment of prisoners; and

(7)imagery, to include satellite imagery of the camp, in a format that, if published, would not compromise the sources and methods used by the United States intelligence community to capture geospatial imagery.

(b)Form

The report required under subsection (a) may be included in the first human rights report required to be submitted to Congress after February 18, 2016, under section 2151n(d) and 2304(b) of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 9242

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110