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. Notable prisoners Current Yoo Young-chul: South Korean serial killer Former Former South Korean president Roh Tae-woo 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. References Prisons in South Korea 1967 establishments in South Korea 20th-century architecture in South Korea Uiwang