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New Ghosts, Old Ghosts; Prison and Labor Reform Camps in China
New Ghosts, Old Ghosts; Prison and Labor Reform Camps in China, Much has been written about the laogai (sometimes likened to the Soviet gulag) in the People's Republic of China. Depending on the source, the prisons are described as nonexistent, enlightened institutions, or hellish places that subject the inmates to de, New Ghosts, Old Ghosts; Prison and Labor Reform Camps in China has a rating of 5 stars
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New Ghosts, Old Ghosts; Prison and Labor Reform Camps in China, Much has been written about the laogai (sometimes likened to the Soviet gulag) in the People's Republic of China. Depending on the source, the prisons are described as nonexistent, enlightened institutions, or hellish places that subject the inmates to de, New Ghosts, Old Ghosts; Prison and Labor Reform Camps in China
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  • New Ghosts, Old Ghosts; Prison and Labor Reform Camps in China
  • Written by author James D. Seymour
  • Published by Sharpe, M. E. Inc., January 1998
  • Much has been written about the laogai (sometimes likened to the Soviet gulag) in the People's Republic of China. Depending on the source, the prisons are described as nonexistent, enlightened institutions, or hellish places that subject the inmates to de
  • Much has been written about the laogai (sometimes likened to the Soviet gulag) in the People's Republic of China. Depending on the source, the prisons are described as nonexistent, enlightened institutions, or hellish places that subject the inmates to de
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List of Tables, Charts, and Maps
Terminology and Prison Structure
Foreword
Preface
Prologue: Visiting the Xining Laogai Area1
1Introduction4
2Gansu29
Sentencing Patterns31
Total Prisoner Population32
The Economy of the Gansu Laogai35
Political and Religious Prisoners41
Conclusion42
3Xinjiang: One Region, Two Systems44
The Bingtuan and Its Laogai45
Department of Justice (Sifa) Laogai71
Management77
Prison Conditions87
The Economics of the Laogai96
Size and Nature of the Prisoner Population114
Outside Influences125
4Qinghai128
Historical Overview129
Town and Country133
Sizing Up the Laogai150
Prison Conditions158
Special Populations165
Checking Up on the System171
Conclusion173
5Prisons and Human Rights175
Excesses in the Laogai175
China and the International Human Rights Regime184
6The Aftermath: What Happens upon Release?189
Jiuye193
Recidivism199
7Conclusion202
The Economy of Laogai207
The Laogai in Theory and Practice215
The Laogai in Comparative Perspective218
Getting Modern222
App. 1Author's Commentaries226
AThe Laogai for Foreign Visitors Since 1995226
BThe World Bank and Harry Wu228
App. 2Others' Commentaries231
CSome Proposals to the National People's Congress Regarding the Prison Law (1994)231
DReport on the Work of the Inspectorate in 1995234
EDecision of the United Nations Concerning China (1996)235
App. 3Laogai Regulations239
List of Laws Governing Labor Reform in China239
Regulations Concerning the Behavior of Criminals Undergoing Reform241
Regulations Concerning Treatment of Foreign Visitors to Labor Reform Units247
Regulations Guiding the Management of the Reform Environment in Prisons250
Prison Law of the People's Republic of China252
Endnotes264
Bibliography299
Index307


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