Yangquan No. 1 Prison

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Yangquan No. 1 Prison is a prison in Yinying Town in Shanxi province of China. It is one of the largest prisons. It was founded in 1952. It is connected to Yinying Coal Mine, said to be a forced labour mine, which produces 1.38 million tonnes of high grade antracite per year. In 1992 it housed 7000 inmates.