Yangquan No. 1 Prison

Yangquan No. 1 Prison is a prison in Yinying Town in Shanxi province of China. It was founded in June 1952. It is connected to Yinying Coal Mine, said to be a forced labour mine, which produces 1.38 million tonnes of high grade anthracite per year. In 1992 it housed 7000 inmates.[1]

References

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


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