Editing March First Movement (section)

=== Prison conditions ===
[[File:서대문형무소전경(1945) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Seodaemun Prison]], where many arrestees were kept.<ref name="Japan Focus" /> (1945)]]
There are numerous reports of prison conditions being extremely poor. Seoul's [[Seodaemun Prison]] became infamous for the mistreatment and [[extrajudicial killing]]s of prisoners.<ref name="Japan Focus" /> There, women were stripped naked in front of male guards.<ref name="YNA 2019 5" />{{Sfn|Chung|1921|p=96}} An April 22, 1919 pamphlet by the Presbyterian Church in America read:

{{Blockquote|text=[When] they put Korean women in the question box—this, mind you, is before they are condemned at all—they are stripped absolutely naked... From here they have to walk across an open court where they can be seen by any one who pleases... Some women, who tried to cover themselves, had their hands tied behind them.{{sfn|Chung|1921|pp=92–93}}}}

There are reports that conditions were extremely cramped and dirty, and that some rooms were so cramped that people were unable to sit or lie down.<ref name="YNA 2019 5" />{{Sfn|Chung|1921|pp=99–100}} William R. Giles, a reporter for the ''[[Chicago Daily News]]'', reportedly witnessed 30 prisoners being kept in a single {{Convert|10 x 6|ft|m|abbr=on}} room in a Pyongyang prison.{{Sfn|Chung|1921|p=100}} Koreans were reportedly kept separate from Japanese prisoners, and given worse facilities.{{Sfn|Chung|1921|pp=99–100}} Another issue was heating; physician [[Jessie Hirst]], head of [[Severance Hospital]], reported that four nurses from his hospital were arrested for protesting in the winter of 1919. They were kept in conditions so cold that their hands, feet, and one of their faces froze.{{Sfn|Chung|1921|p=101}} There are reports that prisoners were made to strip down in one building and run to another in the cold. One woman reportedly was made to walk from one prison barefoot through the snow to another in order to be processed for her release.{{Sfn|Chung|1921|p=|pp=102–103}}

After experiencing poor treatment during her prison intake, one girl was reportedly let go the following day without ever being formally charged of any crimes, nor ever going to trial.{{Sfn|Chung|1921|p=96}}