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Taipei Detention Center, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice

Tucheng District, Taiwan · built 1952

Taipei Detention Center, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice (pinyin: Fǎwù bù jiǎozhèng shǔ táiběi kānshǒu, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Tâi-pak Khàn-siú-só͘), commonly known as the Tucheng Detention Center, (pinyin: Tǔ chéng kānshǒusuǒ) is a prison in Taiwan. On 1 July 1952, after the Taiwan Taipei Detention Center was separated from the Taiwan Taipei Prison, its official name changed to "Detention Center of the Taipei District Court, Taiwan". In 1975, it was relocated to Tucheng District, New Taipei City. Many political prisoners were held here and it became known as the "First Lockup Under Heaven."

Prison data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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