List of prisons in Chongqing

Last updated April 19, 2019

This is a list of prisons in Chongqing, China .^[1]

Chongqing, formerly romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of China's four municipalities under the direct administration of central government, and the only such municipality in China located far away from the coast.

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area. Governed by the Communist Party of China, the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

Name	Enterprise name	City/County/District	Village/Town	Established	Notes
Chongqing Juvenile Offender Detachment		Jiangbei District	Maojiashan	1954	manufactures polystyrene products, printing goods
Chongqing Prison	Xinshang Laodong Plant, Xinsheng Electronics Corporation	Nan'an District	Danzishi
Chongqing Women's Prison		Yongchuan District	Yueqinba, Honglu Town		holds about 2000 inmates, has shoe manufacturing and clothing workshops
Fengcheng Prison	Brickyard	Changshou District	Yanjia		more than 1800 prisoners in 2004
Fuling Prison	Fuling No. 2 Flax Mill	Fuling	Shilukou, Guixi, Dianjiang County
Jinhua Prison	Tea Factory; Plywood Board Factory	Zhong County	Jinghuashan, Huangqin
Jiulong Prison		Jiulongpo District	Yueyuan, Zouma Town
Nanchuan Prison		Nanchuan District	Shuijang
Sanhe Prison	Wanzhou Binjiang Construction Engineering Company	Wanzhou District	Fenshui
Sanxia Prison	Chongqing Dingjian Business	Wanzhou District	Changtan		Business established in 2004
Yongchuan Prison	Xinsheng Tea Farm	Yongchuan District	Zhongbacun	1952	Xinsheng Tea Farm is the largest tea farm in China, produces Yuzhou Tea, Bi Luochun green tea, Yinzhen tea and Mao Feng tea. Yearly total of about a thousand inmates
Yuzhou Prison		Jiangbei District	Tangjiatuo		Holds political prisoners and Falun Gong persons, meals and toilets are in the same room

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References

↑ "Laogai Handbook 2007-2008" (PDF) (in Chinese and English). Washington, D.C.: Laogai Research Foundation. October 2008. pp. 59–64. ISBN 978-1-931550-25-3 . Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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[1] "Laogai Handbook 2007-2008" (PDF) (in Chinese and English). Washington, D.C.: Laogai Research Foundation. October 2008. pp. 59–64. ISBN 978-1-931550-25-3 . Retrieved 24 May 2017.