Word: jailings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Says he from the jail where he is now awaiting trial: "After all I've done for law enforcement-and for them to treat me this...
...confession, sometimes extracted at "struggle sessions" between the offender and his neighbors or coworkers. More serious crimes, like robbery or rape, are dealt with by the police, usually with party officials looking over their shoulders. Although the crime rate is hard to determine, not many Chinese go to jail. For instance, Shanghai (pop. 10.8 million) has only 2,600 inmates in its prison, giving the city an incarceration rate about one-sixth that of the U.S. Chinese authorities claim that the recidivism rate is less than 1%, and that escape is almost unheard of. Asks a Shanghai prison official: "Where...
...Worse, they muddle even further a typically inane--though enjoyable--operetta plot. "Fledermaus" means "bat," but the title has almost no relation to the story of marital cheatings, mixed identities, and revenge. In fact, as the plot wanders from Eisenstein's home to Orlofsky's ballroom to the local jail, you realize that it's all just an excuse for the dance music. In the famous trio "So muss allein ich bleiben" ("I must remain alone, then"), Rosalinda--whom Gretchen Johnson plays with vocal agility but no sense of style--begins lamenting her parting with husband Einstein. But she, Eisenstein...
...addition to the severe crowding, Hieu and Toai say prisoners were often tied up in contorted positions for days on end. "My first day in jail my right hand was chained to my left leg, and I was left that way for days," Hieu says. Other escaped prisoners have told similar tales of being confined in cells without room to sit or stand, or sitting with their toes or fingers tied to each other...
Furthermore, in order to quell fears of a witchhunt, the commission has set up strict rules of procedure concerning its handling of disclosure forms. Investigations by the commission remain confidential. Any breach of that confidentiality carries a fine of up to $1000 or one year in jail or both. While the files are open to the public, anyone requesting information about an official must leave his name with the commission, which forwards the person's identity to the official whose statement was examined. Some defensive administrators suggest that anyone rummaging through an official's files should also be investigated...