Sep 24, 2014 06:20 PM

CCTV Airs Program on Conditions for Fallen Officials in Guangdong Prison

By intern researcher Nikolai Blackie

(Beijing) – The state broadcaster recently aired a news program documenting the lives of convicted officials behind bars, portraying them as laboring in workshops and living in simple cells with bunk beds.

In the 40-minute program, a CCTV crew visited Yangjiang prison in Guangdong Province where more than 200 ex-officials are serving jail terms alongside thousands of ordinary criminals.

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