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Criminal Justice
Read the following article and discuss the important elements of China’s prison system. What is the re-education through labor program? What does this article propose? What types of human rights concerns are evident in this article? https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/07/world/asia/china-labor-camp-reform/index.html 2. After reading the following article discuss Saudi Arabia’s legal system. What are the normal punishments that are handed down for crimes such as the one in this article. Where are these procedures and punishments derived from? https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/10/world/meast/saudi-arabia-sri-lankan-maid/index.html 3. The following link discusses additional solutions to prison overcrowding. Discuss these solutions as well as the solutions proposed in chapter 9. Can you think of any other solutions to prison crowding? What are some of the causes of prison crowding? https://www.penalreform.org/issues/prison-conditions/key-facts/overcrowding/ 4. What factors do you believe contribute to high occupancy rates? Why does the United States have a much higher incarceration rate than most other countries? 5. In light of some countries abuses in the use of incarceration and violations of prisoners rights what can be done to influence a country to change its policies? What might be the limits to the enforcement of such policies?