China has said it 's rethinking its system of ` ` re - education through labor '' Within a week , Tang Hui was released . In 2009 , around 190,000 Chinese were locked up in 320 prisons , according to a government report . System dates back to the 1950s when communist regime swept up ` ` counter - revolutionaries '' Accused persons can be jailed for up to five years without a judicial trial .
China has said it 's rethinking its system of ` ` re - education through labor '' In 2009 , around 190,000 Chinese were locked up in 320 prisons , according to a government report . System dates back to the 1950s when communist regime swept up ` ` counter - revolutionaries '' Accused persons can be jailed for up to five years without a judicial trial .