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Taipei Prison

Prison in Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Field	Value
name	Taipei Prison
法務部矯正署臺北監獄
image	Taipei Prison, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice 20170417.jpg
image_size	250px
location	Guishan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
capacity	2,705
opened	1895
former_name	Taihoku Penalty Institute
website

法務部矯正署臺北監獄 | street-address =

The Taipei Prison, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice (, Nickname: 北監/北监 Běijiān) is a prison located in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice.

It can hold up to 2,705 prisoners. It houses criminals who have committed serious crimes and repeat criminals from northern Taiwan who are sentenced to at least ten years in prison. Taipei Prison houses foreign prisoners. Three branch prisons of Taipei Prison, Taipei Detention Center, Shilin Detention Center, and Sindian Detention Center, hold prisoners with sentences of less than five years each.

History

The prison was originally established in 1895 as the Taihoku Penalty Institute. It was a remodeled facility built under the Qing Dynasty. It was rebuilt in an area southeast of Taihoku City (modern-day Taipei) in 1902; this is the current Ai Guo East Road. Allied POW's were held here during the war; on 19 June 1945 fourteen US Army and Navy airmen were executed at Taihoku Prison in the early morning. They were found guilty of "indiscriminate bombing" of civilians of Taiwan. Their remains were cremated and their ashes placed a local shrine. The prison received its current name, Taiwan Taipei Prison, in October 1945, as the Republic of China took control of Taiwan from Imperial Japan. As time passed, the prison became overcrowded as Taiwan was at war. The Ministry of Judicial Administration sold the previous site and bought 19.6422 ha of land in Guishan so a new facility could begin construction at the end of 1958. On October 11, 1961 the groundbreaking occurred and was completed at the end of December 1962.

Notable prisoners

Former President Chen Shui-bian was incarcerated for 19 years at the Taipei Prison as Inmate 1020.

References

"[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/12/04/2003490058 Chen Shui-bian now prisoner No. 1020]." ''[[Taipei Times]]''. Saturday December 4, 2010. Retrieved on February 1, 2011. "Supporters of former president Chen Shui-bian outside the Taipei Prison in Taoyuan County’s Gueishan Township[...]"
"[http://www.tpp.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=58802&CtNode=15385&mp=138 History]." Taipei Prison. Retrieved on October 25, 2012.
On January 11, 1963, on [[Legal year. Judicial Day]], the prison opened in Guishan."[http://www.tpp.moj.gov.tw/mp138.html Home]." Taipei Prison. Retrieved on October 25, 2012.

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