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Chaohu Prison is a prison in Chaohu, Anhui, China. It was established in 1959. It is the province's 3rd largest prison currently employing over 1200 guards and other employees. Most of the inmates here are sentenced to life or serving commuted death sentences. The factory was established in 1959 and is a national key enterprise in the machinery industry. It is also a special enterprise designated by the Ministry of Railways to produce railway parts. Products made here are used in all railway engineering...
Chaohu Prison is a prison in Chaohu, Anhui, China. It was established in 1959. It is the province's 3rd largest prison currently employing over 1200 guards and other employees. Most of the inmates here are sentenced to life or serving commuted death sentences. The factory was established in 1959 and is a national key enterprise in the machinery industry.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1959
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1959
Region
Anhui
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Named as a detention venue in 4 political/religious-prisoner cases documented by the Dui Hua Foundation's Prisoner Updates series (2025). No individual case details are stored here in line with detainee-privacy discipline. (per Dui Hua Foundation Political Prisoner DB)
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No mailing information available.
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No major issues documented in our database.
No public contact details available.
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This facility scores 0. The national average across 1,005 scored China facilities is 3 — 3 points below national average.
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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World Prisons. (2026). Chaohu Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/chaohu-prison
"Chaohu Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/chaohu-prison.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Chaohu Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/chaohu-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}