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Re-education Through Labor camps ( 劳 教, Láo Jiào), since 2007 known as 'Correctional facilitates', was brought into use in the early 1950's. Re-education through labor camps is what many people mistakenly refer to as 'láogǎi'. The Re-education through Labor system is part of the administrative, not criminal, penalty system, and should not be confused with Reform through Labor, with is simply a prison (and part of the criminal penal system). 'Administrative' in terms of penal system here referrs to that people can get incarcerated in these facilities without any legal process, that is, no court need issue a verdict, no Procuratorate need confirm the Police's inital investigation. It is instead the Police themselves or local RTL committees who can send someone here, just as they can detain someone for up to 15 days and hand out fines.
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