Chaohu Prison is located in the northern suburb of Chaohu City, Anhui Province, bordering Phoenix Mountain in the north and Chaohu Lake, one of the five largest fresh waters in China in the south, two kilometers away from the urban area, with convenient land and water transportation.

The prison was built in August 1959, covering an area of 560,000 square meters. 1March, 963, was named as "Anhui Fifth Labor Reform Detachment" by Anhui Provincial Public Security Department; 1March, 983, led by the Anhui Provincial Department of Justice; 11In March 1995, it was renamed as Chaohu Prison in Anhui Province.

Prison is a departmental system. At present, there are more than 200 on-the-job policemen 1.200, which is a prison for holding felons in Anhui Province.

After decades of ups and downs, Chaohu prison has cultivated its own characteristics: "doing business, down-to-earth; Dedication and hard work; The prison spirit of "development, striving for progress in stability" has created a high-quality police force with political qualification, strict discipline, proficient business and excellent work style. With strong will and tenacious perseverance, generations of prison police have worked hard, pioneered and innovated, and transformed a once "one broken, two old and three chaotic" scene into a prestigious ministerial-level modern civilized prison today.