This paper is going to explain the actual conditions of prisons in Korea from the Korean liberation to Korean war, to investigate the causes that the massacre of prisoners broke out in the Korean war. For the purpose, this paper use the concept prison...
This paper is going to explain the actual conditions of prisons in Korea from the Korean liberation to Korean war, to investigate the causes that the massacre of prisoners broke out in the Korean war. For the purpose, this paper use the concept prison regime. By the Prison regime in this paper is meant the social construction which interacts between the control of prison system and the resistance of prisoners in the prisons within special historical and social context.
The special character of prison regime under military administration of USA are as follows.
First, Koreans had a authority in the prison system under military administration of USA, as long as they was not conflict with Korean-policy of USA.
Second, Korean prison officers used the control methods under the Japanese rule, although the liberation of Korea.
Third, The prison regime in Korea under military administration of USA was operated mainly by political effect. And this was a main cause to break out the massacre of prisoners at that time.