Laogai definition

Laogai means reform through labor. In my opinion, “laogai” is consistent with criminal law and the spirit of the Chinese Constitution as a way of transformation of the mind of the felon. After the offender is sentenced to long-term imprisonment, life imprisonment, or death sentence with a reprieve by the court, the criminals are forced to labor, to transform their thinking. In China, since ancient times, it is normally considered a legitimate and reasonable method to force prisoners to do labor. The slogan for “Laogai” is “Reform first, production second.”

Examples of Laogai in a sentence

  • The monies from the separate trust accounts will be distributed by the Laogai Research Foundation to the respective families, and will not be used for any other purpose.

  • In Trust For Families by Laogai Research Foundation (“The Foundation”).

  • I would like to ask, at the outset, that a letter from ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, who has spent years in the Laogai and recently wrote a very strong letter about the use of gulag labor be included in the record.