List of prisons in Tianjin

Last updated April 19, 2019

This is a list of prisons within Tianjin municipality of the People's Republic of China.

Tianjin, formerly romanized as Tientsin, is a coastal metropolis in northern China and one of the nine national central cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC), with a total population of 15,621,200 as of 2016 estimation. Its built-up area, made up of 12 central districts, was home to 12,491,300 inhabitants in 2016 and is also the world's 29th-largest agglomeration and 11th-most populous city proper.

Name	Enterprise name	City/County/District/Prefecture	Village/Town	Established	Notes
Gangbei Prison	Tianjin Municipal Oil Pump Factory		Dagang District		Produces BJ130 automobile air cylinder sets
Hexi Prison	Tianjin Malleable Iron Plant				About 2,000 inmates
Jinxi Prison			Yangliuqing
Ligang Prison	No. 2 Tianjin Malleable Iron Plant	Xiqing District
Liyuan Prison	Tianjin No. 2 Malleable Iron Plant, Tianjin Xinxing Valve Plant	Xiqing District
Tianjin Municipal Prison	Tianjin Hinge Works	Xiqing District	Dasi	1903	Primarily detains death-sentence prisoners as well as prisoners with stiff sentences
Tianjin Municipal Women's Prison	Xinhua Industrial General Factory	Nankai District	Liqizhuang
Xiqing Prison	Garment Factory	Xiqing District		1988	More than 1,100 prisoners
Yangliuqing Prison		Xiqing District	Yangliuqing

Sources

"Laogai Handbook 2007-2008" (PDF) (in Chinese and English). Washington, D.C.: Laogai Research Foundation. October 2008. pp. 461–466. ISBN 978-1-931550-25-3 . Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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