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Foshan Prison

China · built 1958

Foshan Prison (pinyin: Fóshān jiānyù) is a prison in the Gaoming District of Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China. It was established as Xijiang Mengjiang Laogai Farm in 1958, and renamed Foshan Prison in 1995. Its inmates once mined ore at the adjacent Fuwan Xijiang Manganese Mine, whose deposits are now exhausted. They now produce rattan and wool goods.

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