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Wuhu Prison is a prison in Wuhu, Anhui, China, established in 1905, named in 1915 and renamed Prov. No. 1 Prison in 1949. In the 1970s, its male inmates were moved to Fuyang City and female inmates to the Suzhou Women's Prison. It then became a juvenile offender detachment that includes a cotton mill and produces metal parts. [1]

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