Beijing Municipal Prison Explained

Beijing Municipal Prison is a prison in Daxing District, Beijing.^[1] Originally established by the Qing dynasty on 31 March 1909,^[2] the present Daxing site was built in 1982 and the municipal prison officially moved there on 8 November 1994.^[3] It had 1600 prisoners in 2006. It is about one hour away from the centre of Beijing by car.^[4]

It is operated by the Beijing Municipal Administration of Prisons.

it houses almost 2,000 male inmates; these inmates are sentenced to 15 or more years,^[4] and criminals with special circumstances. It has 18 workshops including an auto manufacturing plant, a plastic packaging plant and a steel factory. Produces light steel, construction templates, paper products, automobile remodeling, spray paint, spray molding, clothing and toys. Inmates use metal cutting lathes, shears, bending machines, straight cutting machines, assembly machines, flange straightening machines, arc welding generators, sewing machines, and other equipment.^[5]

See also

• List of prisons in Beijing municipality

References

• Beijing Municipal Prison - Beijing Municipal Administration of Prisons
• Beijing Municipal Prison (old website) - Beijing Municipal Administration of Prisons
• Laogai Research Foundation Handbook

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.bjjgj.gov.cn/sub_unit/15.html . zh:监狱简介 . Beijing Municipal Prison . 15 May 2015 . "Chinese: 通信地址：北京市大兴区219信箱" . 18 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518090016/http://www.bjjgj.gov.cn/sub_unit/15.html . dead .
2. News: http://news.hexun.com/2012-10-31/147436099.html . zh:走过百年历程的北京市监狱 . . 2012-10-31 . 2013-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203844/http://news.hexun.com/2012-10-31/147436099.html . 2016-03-04 . dead.
3. Web site: http://www.bjjgj.gov.cn/sub_unit/beijian/index.htm . zh:北京市监狱 . Beijing Municipal Prison . 15 May 2015 . 8 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150408055054/http://www.bjjgj.gov.cn/sub_unit/beijian/index.htm . dead .
4. "Beijing Opens Its Prisons to Public Visits" (Archive) Chinese Ministry of Justice. January 20, 2009. Retrieved on December 19 2015.
5. Web site: Archived copy . 10 December 2009 . 28 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120228232013/http://www.laogai.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/laogai-handbook.pdf . dead .