Beijing State Security Bureau Detention Center

Beijing State Security Bureau
Detention Center

Seal of the Ministry of State Security
Location	No. 47 Dahongmen South Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, China
Coordinates	39°48′36″N 116°23′03″E / 39.809978°N 116.384225°E / 39.809978; 116.384225
Status	Operational
Security class	Detention center
Former name	Beijing International Prison
Managed by	Beijing State Security Bureau of the Ministry of State Security

The Beijing State Security Bureau Detention Center^[a] (BSSBDC; Chinese: 北京市国安局看守所) is a prison located in Fengtai, Beijing, China. The facility houses politically sensitive inmates: political prisoners, foreigners, disgraced Communist Party officials, individuals charged with crimes relating to state security, and allegedly, prisoners of conscience. The detention center is operated by the Beijing State Security Bureau (BSSB), the Beijing branch of the Ministry of State Security (MSS), China's foreign intelligence agency and secret police.

The facility, once known as the Beijing International Prison (Chinese: 北京市国际监狱) is comparable in function to Russia's Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, housing politically sensitive prisoners in proximity to the national capital.
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