Beijing Municipal No. 2 Prison
![]() ![]() Location within Beijing ![]() ![]() Beijing Municipal No. 2 Prison (China) | |
Location | Dougezhuang Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China |
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Coordinates | 39°51′31″N 116°33′04″E / 39.8587°N 116.5510°E |
Status | Operational |
Managed by | Beijing Municipal Administration of Prisons |
Postal code | 100121 |
Beijing Municipal No. 2 Prison | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 北京第二监狱 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 北京第二監獄 | ||||||
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Beijing Municipal No. 2 Prison(Chinese: 北京市第二监狱; pinyin: Běijīng Shì Dì'èr Jiānyù) is a prison in the municipality of Beijing, China. Operated by the Beijing Municipal Administration of Prisons, it was established in 1950.
As of 2025 it is used to house prisoners who are not Chinese citizens.[1]
Inmate
African and Pakistani prisoners made up the largest groups in the facility, but there were also men being held from Afghanistan, Britain, Taiwan, Australia, the U.S., Latin America, and North Korea.
Notable Detainees
- Matthew Radalj - Australian citizen. [2]
- Wong Kwong Yu - China's former richest man jailed for 14 years.[3]
See also
External Link
- Official website(not secure)
References
- Kiely, Jan. The Compelling Ideal: Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956. Yale University Press, May 27, 2014. ISBN 0300185944, 9780300185942.
Notes
- ^ McDonell, Stephen (2025-05-18). "'You start to go crazy': The Australian who survived five years in a Chinese prison". BBC. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
- ^ "'You start to go crazy':The Australian who survived five years in a Chinese prison".
- ^ "China's former richest man jailed for 14 years".
External links
- Beijing Municipal No. 2 Prison (in Chinese) (Archive)
- Laogai Research Foundation Handbook