Xinhua News, 2009-07-25
The Taiyuan (Shanxi Province) Intermediate Court announced reduced sentences and early release for 185 convicted juvenile offenders at the Shanxi Provincial Juvenile Reformatory. The largest sentence reduction was one year and eleven months, the shortest three months. Under new regulations, juvenile offenders may apply for consideration for shortened sentences once a year, and courts, in consultation with reformatory personnel, may reduce applicants' sentences by three months to three years, based on the degree of repentance and contrition offenders have shown and how much meritorious service they have preformed. Juvenile reformatory officials in Shanxi have complimented the new regulations with increased education; all “students” in the reformatory take one thousand hours of classes every year in “culture, technology, and mental health,” with many receiving vocational certificates in more than one technical field.
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