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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. 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...
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Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology
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Shanghai
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World Prisons. (2026). Shanghai Women's Prison. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/shanghai-women-s-prison
"Shanghai Women's Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 25, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/shanghai-women-s-prison.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Shanghai Women's Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/shanghai-women-s-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-25}
}