North Korea's Grim Prisons: What Awaits the U.S. Journalists?

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By JENNIFER VEALE / SEOUL – 2 hrs 26 mins ago

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the American journalists who were each handed 12 years in prison yesterday by a North Korean court for committing "hostile acts" by allegedly overstepping the border in March, have received a harsh sentence by western standards of justice. The news is grim, to be sure. But former prisoners in Pyongyang's horrific penal system speculate that the pair may not have to endure the grimmest conditions, which very few have emerged to talk about.

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I hope these two journalists return safely home but I gotta say, I **** the fact that they've injected themselves into a situation that causes our government to potentially shape our foreign policy around their irresponsible, ******* acts.

I hope they are returned home for political reasons but I don't have much sympathy for them.