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List of prisons in Xinjiang

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This is a list of prisons within Xinjiang region of the People's Republic of China.

Name Enterprise name City/County/District/Prefecture Village/Town Established Notes
A'ertai Prison A'ertai Gold Mine
Autonomuous Region No. 4 Prison Ürümqi
Baicheng Prison Baicheng Coal Mine Baicheng County
Buya Prison
Changji Prison Xiabahu Farm; Cement Mill; Quarry; Changji Prison Coal Mine; Xingwang Knitting Factory Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
Donggebi Prison Donggebi Farm; Xinjiang Prov. Plant for Zinc and Lead Ürümqi
Fuhai Prison Fuhai Prison Grain and Oil Processing Factory; Fuhai Coal Mine Fuhai County, Altay Prefecture and Tacheng Prefecture
Halabula Prison Künes County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Halabula
Halihuqi Prison Halihuqi Farm Kashgar Prefecture
Ili Juvenile Offender Detachment Ili JOD, Chicken Farm
Ka'erdun Prison Ka'erdun Farm Aksu Prefecture
Kashgar Juvenile Offender Detachment Shufu County Shaiman
Keriya Prison Keriya Farm Keriya County 1,400 inmates with sentences of 15 years or less
Kuchar Prison Kuchar Prison Farm Ginnery; Kuchar Prison Coal Mine Kuqa County, Aksu Prefecture Qiman
Pailou Prison Pailou Farm Brickyard Yarkant County, Kashgar Prefecture Dunbage
Reform Through Labor Prison[1] Korla
Shayar Prison Shayar Talimu Farm Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture
Talimu Prison Talimu Livestock Farm; Cotton Processing Plant; Brickyard Xayar County, Aksu Prefecture
Turpan Prison Cement Plant Turpan, Turpan Prefecture Daheyan
Urumqi Juvenile Offender Detachment Urumqi JOD Yucai Industrial Trade Company Xinshi District, Ürümqi 1956 Ethnic groups present include Mongolians, Han, Hui and Uyghurs
Wusu Prison Wusu Prison Coal Mine Wusu
Xinjiang No. 1 Prison Xinjiang No. 3 Machine Tool Works; Cement Plant; Xinjiang No. 1 Prison Paper Products Plant; Xinjiang No. 1 Prison Prison Cashmere Workshop Ürümqi 1958 A third are ethnic minorities
Xinjiang No. 5 Prison Xinjiang No. 5 Xieli Sand Plant Ürümqi
Xinjiang Prod. & Const. Corps 6th Agricultural Div. Fangcaohu Prison Fangcaohu Farm Hutubi County
Xinjiang Prod. & Const. Corps 6th Agricultural Div. Xinhu Prison Yuxin Cotton Ginnery; Xinhu Farm Manas County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
Xinjiang Prod. and Const. Corps Xishan Prison Xishan Compound Fertilizer Plant 1991
Xinjiang Prod. & Const. Corps 7th Agricultural Div. Kuitun Prison Kuitun Hongshan Coal Mine Karamay and Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Gongqing and Kuytun
Xinjiang Uyghur Aut. Region Hotan Prison Xinjiang Hotan Prison Internal Power Plant Tashkurgan Town
Xinjiang Women's Prison Urumqi Commodity Chemical Plant; Xinjiang Women's Prison Embroidery Workshop Ürümqi 1953
Yi'ning Prison Puli Uranium Mine Ghulja

Sources

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  • "Laogai Handbook 2007-2008" (PDF) (in Chinese and English). Washington, D.C.: Laogai Research Foundation. October 2008. pp. 467–486. ISBN 978-1-931550-25-3. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

References

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  1. ^ "Xinjiang Authorities Jail Uyghur Imam Who Took Son to Unsanctioned Religious School". Radio Free Asia. May 10, 2018. According to the secretary, Ahmet is serving his sentence in Bayin'gholin (Bayinguoleng) Mongol Autonomous Prefecture at the Reform Through Labor Prison in Korla (Kuerle) city.