Seodaemun Prison
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1908
Closed 1987
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1908
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
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Park Chung-hee1917–1979 · politicianPark Chung Hee (Korean: ë°ì í¬; [paÌ kÌ.tÍ¡ÉÍÊ̹Å.Êi] ; November 14, 1917 â October 26, 1979) was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961 until his assassination in 1979.
- HÅ Wi1855–1908 · political activist
- Lee In-young1868–1909
- Song Hak-seon1897–1927
Kim Hyong-gwon1905–1936 · revolutionaryKim HyÅnggwÅn (Korean: ê¹íê¶; 4 November 1905 â 12 January 1936) was a Korean revolutionary.
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Kim Moon-soo1951 · politicianKim Moon-soo (Korean: ê¹ë¬¸ì; born August 27, 1951) is a South Korean politician and former labor activist who served as the minister of employment and labor from 2024 to 2025.
- Kim Dong-sam1878–1937 · politician
Lee Myung-bak1941 · politicianLee Myung-bak (pronounced /ËmjÊÅ ËbÉËk/; Korean: ì´ëª ë°; pronounced [i.mjÊÅ.bakÌ]; born 19 December 1941), often referred to by his initials MB, is a South Korean politician and business executive who served as the tenth president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013.
Cho Bong-am1899–1959 · politicianCho Bong-am (Korean: ì¡°ë´ì; Hanja: æºå¥å²©, 25 September 1898 â 31 July 1959) was a Korean socialist independence activist and politician, who ran for president in the South Korean presidential election in 1956.
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Conditions Risk Score
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Related facilities
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Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q488571)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Seodaemun Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/seodaemun-prison
"Seodaemun Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/seodaemun-prison.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Seodaemun Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/seodaemun-prison},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}