Misconduct in prisons doubles
By Xie Chuanjiao | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-16 07:48
CHANGCHUN: Prosecutors have charged 291 people over the alleged mismanagement of detention and prison facilities in the first six months of this year.
Sun Qian, deputy procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said there had been a 114 percent jump in the number of management "violations".
He said some detention and prison staff had little awareness of human rights, and this could lead to the torture or maltreatment of detainees.
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