Shanghai Women's Prison (Chinese: 上海市女子监狱), also called Songjiang Women's Prison, is a women's prison in Songjiang District, Shanghai, China.[1] It is a part of the Shanghai Prison Administrative Bureau.
| Shanghai Women's Prison | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 上海市女子监狱 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 上海市女子監獄 | ||||||
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It has over 1,000 prisoners and is the only such correctional facility for women in the direct-controlled municipality. Its prisoners had committed murder, embezzlement, theft, fraud, assault, drug offenses, and other crimes.[2]
The prison has a mother and daughter program for young women who are incarcerated. This program began in 2014.[3]
A fire occurred in 2013.[4]
References
edit- ^ Zhao, Wen. "Women behind bars meet their mothers" (Archive). Shanghai Daily. Saturday March 8, 2014. Retrieved on December 21, 2015.
- ^ "Prison screens movies as tools for change" (Archive). City of Shanghai. May 10, 2014. Retrieved on December 21, 2015.
- ^ Yang, Meiping. "Women’s prison invites mothers to see their daughters" (Archive). Shanghai Daily. May 21, 2015. Retrieved on December 21, 2015.
- ^ Griffiths, James. "Massive fire forces evacuation of Shanghai Women's Prison " (Archive). That's Shanghai. December 3, 2013. Retrieved on December 21, 2015.
External links
edit- Shanghai Prison Administration (in Chinese)
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