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Beijing Municipal Prison

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Background

Beijing Municipal Prison (simplified Chinese: 北京市监狱; traditional Chinese: 北京市監獄; pinyin: Běijīng Shì Jiānyù) is a prison in Daxing District, Beijing. Originally established by the Qing dynasty Board of Law on 31 March 1909, the present Daxing site was built in 1982 and the municipal prison officially moved there on 8 November 1994. It had 1600 prisoners in 2006. It is about one hour away from the centre of Beijing by car. It is operated by the Beijing Municipal Administration of Prisons.

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Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1982

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Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1982

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Security level

Death-row facility

No

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

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16%

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