Prisons launch WeChat account so inmates' families can stay in touch

Guangdong province's prison service has opened a public WeChat account for relatives of inmates in the first initiative of its kind on the Chinese mainland.

Family members can use the "Guangdong Prison" account to obtain information about inmates by chatting with staff members.

"Family members of inmates in Guangdong can immediately know what the inmates are doing in the prisons viathe country's most popular instant messaging tool," a statement issued by the Guangdong Prison Administrative Bureau said.