Shanghai Women's Prison (), also called Songjiang Women's Prison, is a
women's prison
This article discusses the incarceration of women in correctional facilities. As of 2013 across the world, 625,000 women and children were being held in penal institutions, and the female prison population was increasing in all continents. in
Songjiang District,
Shanghai,
China
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[Zhao, Wen.]
Women behind bars meet their mothers
Archive
. '' Shanghai Daily''. Saturday March 8, 2014. Retrieved on December 21, 2015. It is a part of the
Shanghai Prison Administrative Bureau.
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.
The prison has a mother and daughter program for young women who are incarcerated. This program began in 2014.
A fire occurred in 2013.
[Griffiths, James.]
Massive fire forces evacuation of Shanghai Women's Prison
Archive
. '' That's Shanghai''. December 3, 2013. Retrieved on December 21, 2015.
References
External links
Shanghai Prison Administration
Women's prisons in China
Prisons in Shanghai
Songjiang District
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