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Jim Latrache

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What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

So I was in isolation for the first two months, and then I was waiting for getting my sentence for like basically one year.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

And in that year, you have a visit once a week where you sit in a room where the people who come and visit you and a police officer.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

But then things loosen up when you have the sentence.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

It depends what kind of prison you get into.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

Not in my first sentence.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

I mean, until you get your sentence, this is kind of crazy.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

That's also something I argue about.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

Because while you're waiting for your sentence, that's actually the hardest part.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

And that doesn't make sense because what if you're innocent?

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

I mean, you're just waiting for getting your sentence.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

So they put you in a place that is...

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

really, really hard.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

The reason why it's not that hard for me is not because I'm a bad guy, a tough guy, or anything.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

It's because I've been institutionalized my whole life.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

That's why.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

That's also my survival in the French Foreign Legion is that I'm used to this structure.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

It's just different forms, but the basic is the same.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

You have people that ask you questions,

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

to do things in not a nice way.

What I survived
Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

This whole institutionalization is a part of you.