BEIJING (AP) — China's privileged remain privileged even in prison. When Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai, is sent to prison following her conviction for the murder of a ...

A Chinese policeman attempts to stop photos from being taken at the entrance to Qincheng prison near Beijing, on September 12, 2013. Fallen high-flyer Bo Xilai can expect hotel-style treatment at ...

Qincheng Prison has for half-century housed miscreants from political elite Beijing: China’s privileged remain privileged even in prison. When Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese leader Bo ...

Qincheng prison was built on the northern hills of Beijing in 1958. Using Soviet funding, the prison was originally constructed to house Chinese nationalists who ran afoul of Mao's communist ...

The Qincheng prison in Beijing has reportedly become packed with inmates, a source close to the jail told South China Morning Post. The entrance to the Qincheng prison in Beijing, ...

Former security chief Zhou Yongkang is facing the same political path as his onetime ally Bo Xilai, which leads to the gates of Qincheng prison, a compound north of Beijing that has confined a who ...

Tucked in the hills an hour’s drive north of Beijing and hidden behind several guarded, unmarked gates, Qincheng Prison has for a half-century housed miscreants from the political elite: purged ...

Despite Qincheng prison's "luxury" label, Bo likely faces years of misery ahead. Liu Zhijun, the former railways minister, is also serving at least a decade in Qincheng after he was convicted of ...

In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, satellite dishes are seen along the walls of Qincheng prison in Beijing, China. Tucked in the hills an hour’s drive north of Beijing and hidden behind ...

The BBC's Celia Hatton looks at what China's disgraced former top politician Bo Xilai's life might be like in prison if he is found guilty.

Still, nothing says "politically connected" like Qincheng. "This is a special prison," said Bao Tong, a former high-level party official who spent seven years in Qincheng for opposing the ...