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3.Offenders under the education-through-labor program work no more than six hours every day.
4.If the education-through-labor institution finds that the person does not conform to the qualifications for the education-through-labor program or that he should have been sentenced to criminal punishment, it may report the case to the reeducation-through-labor administrative committee for review.
5.The education-through-labor institutions follow the policy of educating, persuading and redeeming the offenders, with the emphasis on redeeming.
6.The decision to put a person under education-through-labor is made through a strict legal procedure and under a system of legal supervision in order to avoid subjecting the wrong person to the program.
7.After the education-through-labor administrative committee has according to related regulations made the decision to put a person an education-through-labor program ranging from one to three years, the person and his family members are entitled to be informed about the reasons for the decision and the duration of the program.
8.At present, every year about 50 percent of the people undergoing the education-through-labor program have their term reduced or are released ahead of time.
9.According to surveys conducted over the last few years, only 7 percent of those released from the education-through-labor program have lapsed into offense or crime.

