Location | Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province |
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Coordinates | 23°00′28″N 113°16′54″E / 23.0078°N 113.2818°E |
Status | Operational |
Opened | 1997 |
Managed by | Guangdong Prison Administrative Bureau |
Panyu Prison | |||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 番禺监狱 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 番禺監獄 | ||||||||||
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Panyu Prison ( Chinese: 番禺监狱; pinyin: Pānyú Jiānyù) is a prison in Huijiang Village (会江村), Dashi Subdistrict, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
The prison began accepting inmates in 1997. [1]
The prison reportedly began taking foreign inmates in 2009, and by 2013 housed "more than 100 foreign inmates". [2] [3]
Panyu Prison is located a short walk south of Huijiang station, served by Line 2 of the Guangzhou Metro. [4]