What used to be legal is the product of backwardness. Many people are detained through reeducation through labor because their rights are not guaranteed!

Legally speaking, the system of reeducation through labor in People's Republic of China (PRC) began at 1957. It is not a penalty stipulated in the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), but an administrative penalty stipulated by laws and administrative regulations. The public security organ may put the criminal suspect into a reeducation-through-labor place without trial and conviction by the court, and implement measures such as restricting personal freedom, compulsory labor and ideological education for a maximum period of four years. 20 13 On February 28th, 13, the 12th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) adopted a decision on abolishing the relevant laws and regulations on reeducation through labor, and the reeducation through labor system was officially abolished. At the same time, for those who are being reeducation through labor, reeducation through labor will be lifted.