Reply #54: There is a >50% mortality rate for their prisoners

[Zodiak]

Those in there for politcal reasons are basically tortured and worked until they are dead. They only last a few weeks.

Each morning you wake up pre-dawn, get a bowl of corn cruel, and are forced to work the entire day under brutal conditions. If you get sick, you die. If you try to escape, the entire camp is punished and if you are caught you are shot on sight. If you do not work your quota, you are beaten within an inch of your life and forced to attend "reeducation lessons" where they yell at you, beat you, and torture you.

If you are put in solitary, they do not feed you or give you water. You will die in a few days begging for crumbs. The guards do not care, because solitary confinement is a great way to execute someone quietly.

If these were not high-profile prisoners (who will probably be treated better), this would be tantamount to a death sentence.