Qincheng Prison

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The Qincheng Prison is a maximum security prison for political prisoners in the People's Republic of China . It is also the only prison with a degree of comfort for former high cadres of the Chinese Communist Party . It is located in the Changping District , approximately 30 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing . In contrast to other prisons in China (which are otherwise operated by the Ministry of Justice ), it is under the Ministry of Public Security .

construction

The prison was built in 1958 with the support of the Soviet Union under the direction of the architect Feng Jiping. It replaced a dilapidated prison that was used to detain people from the Kuomintang between 1945 and 1949 . It was opened in 1960.

The external view of the complex suggests a spa resort rather than a prison building. The prisoners are housed in four U-shaped blocks on three floors.

Former or current inmates

Political prisoner

CCP members

Qincheng Prison is known as a detention center for formerly high-ranking members of the CCP. Because of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, so many (former) CCP members are said to be detained in the "tiger cage" that it is full.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Didi Tang: A jail for China's elite: better food, beds, cells. Probe International, September 11, 2012, accessed August 1, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Angela Mang: The tigers' cage: inside China's Qincheng prison. SouthChinaMorningPost International Edition, July 5, 2015, accessed August 1, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b c Could Bo Xilai be housed in China's "luxury" prison. BBC, September 22, 2013, accessed July 31, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Mao for breakfast. Spiegel, May 21, 1990, accessed July 31, 2015 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e Choi Chi-yuk: Xi Jinping's anti-graft drive has caught so many officials that Beijing's elite prison is running out of cells. SouthChinaMorningPost International Edition, February 14, 2018, accessed February 14, 2018 .

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