• Source: Beijing State Security Bureau Detention Center

    • The Beijing State Security Bureau Detention Center (BSSBDC; Chinese: 北京市国安局看守所) is a prison for political prisoners, those charged with crimes relating to state security, and foreigners. It is located in the Fengtai district of Beijing, China. The detention center is operated by the Beijing State Security Bureau (BSSB) of the Ministry of State Security (MSS). Its role housing political prisoners in proximity to the national capital is comparable to Lefortovo Prison in Moscow. The facility was once known as the Beijing International Prison (Chinese: 北京市国际监狱).
    Some prisoners have been moved to the BSSBDC after serving time in a BSSB black jail of the Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL) program, an extrajudicial regime of secret detention which facilitates the "disappearing" of individuals – often foreigners – charged with endangering state security.


    Prisoner demographics


    The BSSBDC houses politically sensitive prisoners, including, to the Oriental Daily News, disgraced former high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. Members of the Falun Gong movement allege the BSSB has repeatedly detained their followers in the facility. Many journalists jailed for their reporting in China have spent time in the BSSBDC. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, in 2023, China ranked as the "worst jailer of journalists" globally.


    Notable inmates




    References




    See also


    Qincheng Prison – the Ministry of Public Security's facility for political prisoners in Beijing.

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