Laogai (), the abbreviation for (), which means reform through labor, is a criminal justice system involving the use of penal labour and prison farms in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and North Korea (DPRK). Láogǎi is different from láojiào, or re-education through labor, which was the abolished administrative detention system for people who were not criminals but had committed minor offenses, and was intended to "reform offenders into law-abiding citizens". Persons who were detained in the laojiao were detained in facilities that were separate from those which comprised the general prison system of the laogai. Both systems, however, were based on penal labour . Working conditions in Laogai camps are sub-standard . Investigators from the Laogai Research Foundation have confirmed sites where prisoners mine asbestos and other toxic chemicals with no protective gear, work with batteries and battery acid with no protection for their hands, tan hides while standing naked in vats filled 3-feet deep with chemicals used for the softening of animal skins, and work in improperly run mining facilities where explosions and other accidents are a common occurrence. See also Concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia Devil's Island - the equivalent of the laogai in French Guiana Extermination through labour Francoist concentration camps – the equivalent of the laogai in Francoist Spain Goli otok – the equivalent of the laogai in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gulag – the equivalent of the laogai in the Soviet Union Harry Wu Human rights in China Internment Internment camps in Sweden during World War II Internment of German Americans Internment of Italian Americans Internment of Japanese Americans Internment of Japanese Canadians Jean Pasqualini Kwalliso – the equivalent of the laogai in North Korea Laogai Museum Laogai Research Foundation List of concentration and internment camps Military Units to Aid Production – the equivalent of the laogai in Cuba Nazi concentration camps Orientations for the Chinese Clergy Penal colony Penal labor in the United States Penal system in China Pitestti Prison – the equivalent of the laogai in the Socialist Republic of Romania Prisons in North Korea Beijing Municipal Prison Punishment in Laos Qincheng Prison – a maximum-security prison which is located in the Changping District, Beijing Re-education camp (Vietnam) – the equivalent of the laogai in Vietnam Second Boer War concentration camps Spaç Prison – the equivalent of the laogai in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania Xinjiang internment camps – the equivalent of the laogai in Xinjiang, China
Laogai (), the abbreviation for (), which means reform through labor, is a criminal justice system involving the use of penal labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and North Korea (DPRK). Láogǎi is different from láojiào, or re-education through labor, which was the abolished administrative detention system for people who were not criminals but had committed minor offenses, and was intended to "reform offenders into law-abiding citizens". Persons who were detained in the laojiao were detained in facilities that were separate from those which comprised the general prison system of the laogai. Both systems, however, were based on penal labor . Working conditions in Laogai camps are substandard . Investigators from the Laogai Research Foundation have confirmed sites where prisoners mine asbestos and other toxic chemicals with no protective gear, work with batteries and battery acid with no protection for their hands, tan hides while standing naked in vats filled 3-feet deep with chemicals used for the softening of animal skins, and work in improperly run mining facilities where explosions and other accidents are a common occurrence. See also Concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia Devil's Island - the equivalent of the laogai in French Guiana Extermination through labor Francoist concentration camps – the equivalent of the laogai in Francoist Spain Goli otok – the equivalent of the laogai in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gulag – the equivalent of the laogai in the Soviet Union Harry Wu Human rights in China Internment Internment camps in Sweden during World War II Internment of German Americans Internment of Italian Americans Internment of Japanese Americans Internment of Japanese Canadians Jean Pasqualini Kwalliso – the equivalent of the laogai in North Korea Laogai Museum Laogai Research Foundation List of concentration and internment camps Military Units to Aid Production – the equivalent of the laogai in Cuba Nazi concentration camps Orientations for the Chinese Clergy Penal colony Penal labor in the United States Penal system in China Pitestti Prison – the equivalent of the laogai in the Socialist Republic of Romania Prisons in North Korea Beijing Municipal Prison Punishment in Laos Qincheng Prison – a maximum-security prison which is located in the Changping District, Beijing Re-education camp (Vietnam) – the equivalent of the laogai in Vietnam Second Boer War concentration camps Spaç Prison – the equivalent of the laogai in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania Xinjiang internment camps – the equivalent of the laogai in Xinjiang, China
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