Beijing Municipal No. 1 Prison or No. 1 Detention Center () is a

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in eastern

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, operated by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. The facility is located in

Dougezhuang Dougezhuang Area () is an area and township located on the southern part of Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. It borders Gaobeidian and Sanjianfang Townships to the north, Guanzhuang and Heizhuanghu Townships to the east, Taihu Town to the so ...

township, Chaoyang District, in proximity to

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Notable inmates

Zang Tianshuo In November 2009, the Second People's Court of Beijing opened a trial and pronounced that

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was convicted of

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and was sentenced to six years in prison. Prior to this, Zang Tianshuo had been detained in the Beijing No. 1 Detention Center. Guo Jingyi In 2010, Guo Jingyi, the former inspector of the Department of Treaty and Law of the

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, was imprisoned in the Beijing No. 1 Detention Center on suspicion of accepting bribes. He was later tried in the No. 2 Intermediate Court of Beijing.

References

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Laogai Research Foundation Handbook
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Notable inmates

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