New Ghosts, Old Ghosts by Seymour, James D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Tables, Charts, and Maps Terminology and Prison Structure Foreword Preface Prologue: Visiting the Xining Laogai Area 1. Introduction

Why the Northwest? Background Structural Overview

2. Gansu

Sentencing Patterns Total Prisoner Population The Economy of the Gansu Laogai Political and Religious Prisoners Conclusion

3. Xinjiang: One Region, Two Systems

The Bingtuan and Its Laogai Department of Justice (Sifa) Laogai Management Prison Conditions The Economics of the Laogai Size and Nature of the Prisoner Population Outside Influences

4. Qinghai

Historical Overview Town and Country Sizing Up the Laogai Prison Conditions Special Populations Checking Up on the System Conclusion

5. Prisons and Human Rights

Excesses in the Laogai China and the International Human Rights Regime

6. The Aftermath: What Happens upon Release?

Jiuye Recidivism

7. Conclusion

The Economy of Laogai The Laogai in Theory and Practice The Laogai in Comparative Perspective Getting Modern

Appendix 1: Author's Commentaries

A. The Laogai for Foreign Visitors Since 1995 B. The World Bank and Harry Wu

Appendix 2: Others' Commentaries

Appendix 3: Laogai Regulations

Endnotes Bibliography Index