Prison uses maternal love to reform inmates

Female prisoners are being rehabilitated via classes that emphasize mother-daughter relationships. Zhou Wenting reports from Shanghai.

"Mary", who has been a prisoner at Shanghai Women's Prison for 10 years, is looking forward to the big event of her year - a visit from her mother, who will travel from the Philippines within the next few weeks to spend 40 precious minutes with her.

The 36-year-old, who preferred not to disclose her real name, was given a suspended death sentence in 2008 after being stopped with a consignment of heroin by the customs in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.