List of countries by incarceration rate
China. The rate of 118 is for sentenced prisoners in 2015 in Ministry of Justice prisons only. World Prison Brief: "1,649,804 [prisoners] at mid-2015 (via Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators - sentenced prisoners in Ministry of Justice prisons only, excluding pre-trial detainees and those held in administrative detention). The Deputy Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate reported in 2009 that, in addition to the sentenced prisoners, more than 650,000 were held in detention centres In China. If this was still correct in mid-2015 the total prison population in China was at least 2,300,000. ... 118 [rate] based on an estimated national population of 1.4 billion at mid-2015 (from United Nations figures) – sentenced prisoners in Ministry of Justice prisons only. (A total prison population of 2,300,000 would raise the prison population rate to 164 per 100,000.)" See also: Re-education through labor and Laogai.
Chaohu Prison
Chaohu Prison is a prison in Chaohu, Anhui, China. It was established in 1959. It is the province's 3rd largest prison currently employing over 1200 guards and other employees. Most of the inmates here are sentenced to life or serving commuted death sentences. The factory was established in 1959 and is a national key enterprise in the machinery industry. It is also a special enterprise designated by the Ministry of Railways to produce railway parts. Products made here are used in all railway engineering departments throughout China.