China’s criminal justice and prison system is known for being notoriously opaque—trials move swiftly, the guilty sometimes disappear. Here are images from inside two detention centers in Beijing, after government authorities took journalists on a recent tour of the facilities.
Scenes from Inside China’s Prison System
China's criminal justice and prison system is known for being notoriously opaque—trials move swiftly, the guilty sometimes disappear. Here are images from inside two detention centers in Beijing, after government authorities took journalists on a recent tour of the facilities.
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A police officer prepares his speech to journalists taking part in a government-organized tour inside an empty cell at the Number One Detention Center in Beijing, Oct. 25, 2012.