prison farms Archives - Wingsch Real Estate Investments

Laogai in China

18 September 2025 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General Reading Time: 6 minutes

Locations of Laogai camps in the 1990s according to Harry Wu © Marco L/cc-by-sa-3.0

Laogai (short for laodong gaizao, which means reform through labor, was a criminal justice system involving the use of penal labor and prison farms in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Laogai was gradually abolished starting in 2001, with many laogai facilities being converted into prisons or detention centers. read more…