According to foreign media, Tilanqiao Prison, built by the British in 1903, is the oldest prison still in use in China. However, by 2020, the population of Shanghai will soar to 30 million, and this prison in the downtown area occupies valuable land. The prison will be closed 1 10 years after the first prisoner is welcomed.
Prison raiders
Far East No.1 Prison
Shanghai Prison Exhibition Hall is located in Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison, Changyang Road 147 on the Huangpu River. Tilanqiao Prison is a building complex consisting of more than 10 buildings. It was founded in 190 1, 19003 and opened in May, and then it was expanded and rebuilt one after another. It was not until19,35 that it reached its present scale, and it has been in use ever since. Tilanqiao Prison was once known as "the first prison in the Far East" because of its excellent construction and large scale. Shanghai Prison Administration has successively invested more than 3 million yuan to transform a six-story cross prison building in Tilanqiao Prison into a Shanghai prison exhibition hall. The exhibition hall was officially opened on February 29th 1999, the fifth anniversary of the promulgation and implementation of the Prison Law.
Where did the "City of the Dead" come from?
This stems from the following aspects:
Terrible execution ground
On the third floor of Shanghai Prison Exhibition Hall, visitors can see a room with an area of 18 square meters, with reinforced concrete on three sides and a transom on one side. There is a square hole with the size of 1.8 square meters in the middle of the floor, and there are two movable floors on both sides of the square hole. When the raised floor is closed, anyone can jump up and hold the hand brake, and the raised floor will "bang" to both sides, showing a square L. There is the same device on the second floor, which can go straight to the morgue on the first floor. At the top of the raised floor, there is a gallows and a noose. This is a rare indoor execution ground (hanging room) in China. Gallows, raised floors, etc. Are all original objects from more than 50 years ago. After liberation, the hanging room was converted into an office for a long time. The gallows on the cross beam were not removed, but the square holes and raised floors on the floor were preserved, and only a floor was laid on it, so this rare Western-style execution equipment in China has been well preserved. Today, it is one of the most striking places in the exhibition hall.
A high fence
Shanghai Centennial Prison in 1930s
? No one expected that China prisoners who were sentenced to imprisonment in the Shanghai Concession were locked in this high wall (male prisoners were taken in at first, female prisoners were taken in from 1904, 1906 stopped, and resumed in August 1943). Prisoners of foreign nationalities have been detained since September 1935). Because of its excellent construction, large scale and large number of detainees, up to more than 8,000 people, it is bigger than Mumbai prison in India and Chaoya prison in Japan, and is called "the first prison in the Far East".
Perfection of facilities
There are two four-story prison buildings, 480 cells, cooking fields, office buildings, clinics, etc., covering an area of about 10 mu. Starting from 19 16, it gradually expanded to the north, east and west. In the early 1930s, some buildings were demolished and rebuilt to 1935 (all existing buildings were built between 19 17 ~ 1935). Covering an area of [60.4 mu], it has [10 building] 4-6 floors, nearly [4,000] cells, and a large prison with workshops, hospitals, kitchens, office buildings and other buildings, with a construction area of more than 70,000 square meters. There is a wall more than 5 meters high around the prison. In addition to the ordinary prison room, there are other special facilities such as "rubber prison" (riot room), "storm pavilion" (confinement room), "indoor execution ground" (hanging room) and outdoor execution ground. Let the prisoners fear!
Data from:
1. Tilanqiao prison in Shanghai, the centennial city of death, will be closed.
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3. Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison (Baidu Encyclopedia)
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4. Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai, the centenary city of death, will be closed.
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