Breaking footage : China's Brutal Labor Camps, Part 1

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This is Masanjia Labor Camp, also referred to as the Ideology Education School of Liaoning Province. Practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual practice as well as house Christians are held here, often without trial or formal sentencing.

Forced labor is one of the tactics used here to reform what the Communist Party considers improper political or spiritual beliefs. Prisoners at Masanjia often work from 5am to midnight. Sometimes, they're forced to work through the night without sleep. If they are given a chance to rest during the day, it's on the factory floor.

Mealtime means a few scraps of cornbread, and maybe some congee or a tiny portion of vegetables. Then it's back to work.

In this footage, eight Chinese prisoners can be seen straightening electrical components called diodes. Not shown here is some of the other work they're forced to do, including manufacturing Halloween decorations—like skulls and plastic tombstones—for export to the United States. Some prisoners have to handle toxic substances without protective gear, causing itching, throat pain, and lung problems over time.

In this place, not every prisoner is able to survive the conditions.

Mr. Dong Chen was a Christian from Fuxin city in Liaoning Province. Because of his affiliation with an underground church, he was sentenced to two years of re-education through labor. As told by his fellow prisoners, in December of 2007 he became severely ill with high blood pressure, and was sent home to be hospitalized. But after a week, his family could no longer afford medical treatment, so Dong was taken back to Masanjia labor camp and resumed his heavy workload. On the afternoon of May 25, 2008, he vomited and lost consciousness. Prison guards ignored him for several hours, until he died at around 9pm. He was 56. Labor camp officials later told Dong's family that he had died from natural causes.

This is just one of many examples of life and death within China's labor camps. Other such camps are scattered throughout China. Although it's impossible to get an accurate official count of how many prisoners are being held in these camps, human rights groups estimate it's in the tens of thousands or more.

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[qkholster]

So much for communism.

[Drsatan9]

how about you quit praying and do somthing idiot

[leethal59]

I hate this anchor. His voice is so fucking annoying.

[AStepAhead100]

@Drsatan9 WHy don't you do something other than insulting people?

[williedylantube]

hey, the american private prison systems could do some double dipping. get taxpayers to pay 30k a year for prisoners, like they currently are, as well as get slave labor.

[mikka6]

@xxxdieselyyy2 I believe USA and Europe are different. USA is more a prison state, European countries are more like welfare states, giving poor people the essential money to live. I believe that indeed USA is not representative for westernized world, since there is more capitalism, much more inequality than in Europe.

[xxxdieselyyy2]

@mikka6 ---------->I apologize if I am mistaken but I hear there is only one such "model prison" in existence (where prisoners get Xbox, heated beds etc etc)? And, is Norway "typical" of the Westernized world, or is USA more "typical" ? ? ?

There r white collar jails all over Asia where u can get A/C, pedicures, blowjobs etc etc

[MrHelmyabdullah]

@qkholster It's not communism . It's "Socialism With Chinese Characteristics" . That's the official line of the Communist China government .

[sacausa]

DOWN WITH THE RED CHINA COMMUNIST..

[mikka6]

@xxxdieselyyy2 that's false. in some european countries prisoners live under much better conditions. there is a time magazine report about norway's prison system. i am not norwegian btw.