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===Abuses===
Following the investigation by the Prosecution Service, [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] members of the [[New Democratic Party (South Korea)|New Democratic Party]] subsequently conducted an independent investigation into Brothers. The party published its first report on the investigation on February 4, 1987,<ref>{{cite web|title=형제복지원사건은 명백한 국가책임이다|trans-title=The Brothers Home incident is a clear government liability.|date=December 4, 2014|author1=김재왕|author2=장서연|author3=여준민|url=https://hopeandlaw.cafe24.com/wp-content/uploads/1/cfile5.uf.2162E0505487A7322B4E64.pdf|language=ko|publisher=형제복지원피해생존자, 실종자, 유가족모임 형제복지원사건진상규명을위한대책위원회}}</ref>{{rp|p=45}} which concluded that, of the 3,975 inmates who were present at the center in 1986, 3,117 had been brought in by police, and 258 by county officials.<ref>{{cite web|title=한국의 홀로코스트, 형제복지원 사건의 진실|author=김슬기|url=https://gspress.cauon.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=20763|date=October 2, 2013|language=ko|newspaper=대학원신문}}</ref>
 
A [[Deutsche Welle|DW]] news article reports a minimum of 516 people died over the course of 20 years at the Brothers' Home.<ref name="DW.COM">{{cite web |last=Kretschmer |first=Fabian |title=Report highlights past abuse of 'vagrants' in S. Korea |date=21 April 2016 |website=DW.COM |url=https://www.dw.com/en/report-highlights-past-abuse-of-vagrants-in-skorea/a-19202910 |access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref> Widespread torture was common in these welfare centers.<ref name="Jung 2020">{{cite web |last=Jung |first=Bugyeong |title=Brothers' Home: South Korea's 1980s 'concentration camp' |website=BBC News |date=30 May 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52797527 |access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="aj-20211210" /> In the 1990s, construction labourers dug up about 100 human bones on the mountain just outside where it stood.