Panyu Prison () is a prison in Huijiang Village (), Dashi Subdistrict,

Panyu District Panyu, Postal Map Romanization, formerly romanized as Punyü, is one of 11 District (China), urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, Guangdong Province, China. Since January 1975, Panyu County has bee ...

, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.

History

The prison began accepting inmates in 1997.

Inmate population

The prison reportedly began taking foreign inmates in 2009, and by 2013 housed "more than 100 foreign inmates".

Prison SWAT

Panyu prison operates the Guangdong Panyu prison SWAT team (广东省番禺监狱特警队), a

police tactical unit A police tactical unit (PTU) is a specialized police unit trained and equipped to handle situations that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement units because of the level of violence (or risk of violence) involved. The tasks of a ...

which is in charge of armed patrols in the prison perimeter, responding to high risk incidents and security. It was established in January 10, 2017 and consists of 9 full-time members and 12 part time members as of 2018. The team achieved first place in the

Guangdong Prison Administrative Bureau Guangdong Prison Administrative Bureau is the correctional agency of Guangdong Province, China. It is headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou.

Transport

Panyu Prison is located a short walk south of Huijiang station, served by Line 2 of the

Guangzhou Metro The Guangzhou Metro ( zh, s=广州地铁, labels=no) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in the Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be b ...

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