A human rights report revealed the harrowing treatment of female North Korean defectors in China, including being sold as sex slaves and physically abused.
One expert told CNN many North Korean prisoners "just didn't have the concept of torture" and didn't recognize just how dehumanizing their treatment was.
200 prisons and detention centres are used to re-educate prisoners through forced labor, ideological instruction, and punitive brutality with the purpose of compelling unquestioning obedience and loyalty to Kim Jong Un
Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North Korean jails, says this NGO kesq.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kesq.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.