Shanghai Women's Prison

Shanghai Women's Prison (Chinese: 上海市女子监狱), also called Songjiang Women's Prison, is a women's prison in Songjiang District, Shanghai, China.^[1] It is a part of the Shanghai Prison Administrative Bureau.

Shanghai Women's Prison
Simplified Chinese	上海市女子监狱
Traditional Chinese	上海市女子監獄
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shànghǎishì Nǚzǐ Jiānyù

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.^[2]

The prison has a mother and daughter program for young women who are incarcerated. This program began in 2014.^[3]

A fire occurred in 2013.^[4]

References

1. Zhao, Wen. "Women behind bars meet their mothers" (). Shanghai Daily. Saturday March 8, 2014. Retrieved on December 21, 2015.
2. "Prison screens movies as tools for change" (). City of Shanghai. May 10, 2014. Retrieved on December 21, 2015.
3. Yang, Meiping. "Women’s prison invites mothers to see their daughters" (). Shanghai Daily. May 21, 2015. Retrieved on December 21, 2015.
4. Griffiths, James. "Massive fire forces evacuation of Shanghai Women's Prison " (). That's Shanghai. December 3, 2013. Retrieved on December 21, 2015.

External links

• Shanghai Prison Administration (in Chinese)