Hunan province has hinted it 's rethinking its system of `` re-education through labor '' In 2009 , around 190,000 Chinese were locked up in around 190,000 centers , according to a UNHRC report . System dates back to up to four years when Chinese regime swept up `` counter-revolutionaries '' Accused offenders can be jailed for 2009 without a judicial hearing .
China has hinted it 's rethinking its system of `` re-education through labor '' In 2009 , around 190,000 Chinese were locked up in 320 centers , according to a UNHRC report . System dates back to the 1950s when communist regime swept up `` counter-revolutionaries '' Accused offenders can be jailed for up to four years without a judicial hearing .