According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands} of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> The prisons house political prisoners and dissidents alongside dangerous criminals. | According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands} of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> The prisons house political prisoners and dissidents alongside dangerous criminals. |