China to Investigate Prison Abuse

China is launching a campaign to “eliminate unnatural deaths” of prisoners. From BBC:

The campaign comes after the deaths of at least five prisoners in police custody in recent months.

The UN’s Committee Against Torture recently said there was evidence that ill-treatment of Chinese prisoners was both routine and widespread.

With this new campaign, China seems to be acknowledging that its inmates are not always treated as they should be.

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