The spread of the disease in prisons reveals flaws in China’s epidemic countermeasures.
On February 26, China’s Ministry of Justice released the second batch of data on COVID-19 outbreaks in the country’s prison system.
The Case of Madame Huang
While Ministry of Justice and local officials were busy organizing disease control in prisons, other institutions in Beijing were putting together an investigation team tasked with fact-finding in Wuhan. On February 27, a joint investigation team made up of personnel from the Central Politics and Law Commission, Ministry of Justice, Supreme People’s Procuratorate, and Ministry of Public Security were sent to Hubei to investigate an incident that shocked leaders in Beijing.
The Revelations of Huang’s Case
Huang’s case provided valuable insights into China’s epidemic countermeasures. First and foremost, strict regulations have not been completely applied in reality. As we have witnessed, the mandatory post-release on-site 14-day quarantine was not completed before Huang was delivered to her family in an official vehicle driven by a prison officer.
This article was written by Zi Yang
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