Friday, July 28, 2006

Edit for a better life --China's prison inmates work on their own journals / People's Daily, 28 Jul 2006

http://english.people.com.cn/200607/28/eng20060728_287416.html
"In an office in Beijing Prison, an inmate stands by a printer, holding a pile of freshly printed newspapers. Around him, six other inmates type away conscientiously on their computers.
Unshackled, the seven inmates can talk and move freely around the room, but they are very busy editing the prison paper, Beijing Prison Journal, which is published inside the jail twice a month. According to Chinese law, prison inmates have to work as part of their correction programs. Editing prison papers is just one of the jobs that inmates can have." [Top Topic]