Rumor says female prisioners involved in prostitution activities

Nov 23, 2009 – 10:21:00 AM

In China, it is not surprised that welfare centers, which the government has establishes to originally engage in social services and help those who are in need, sometimes turn out to be platforms where illegal activities are performed, for example human trafficking.

There were news reports revealing inside stories about shelters, as being transitional stations, selling their handicapped residents to either unlawful workplaces as cheap labors or to low income citizens as marriage accessories. More often, orphans were traded at the “baby markets”.

Prison, should always be a place to amend. However, recently, there are rumors about female prisoners practicing prostitution for an exchange of commutation of their sentence. Again, a place where criminal behaviors should be rectified becomes a location for crimes to be re-committed.