Prisoners Allowed to Spend Chinese Lunar New Year with Families
Dozens of inmates in northwestern China will be temporarily released from jail to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year at home with their families as a reward for their good behavior.
In Ningxia Hui autonomous region, a total of 66 inmates who have behaved well and have less than two years left of their prison terms will be granted five days leave to reunite with family members during Spring Festival, according to the region's bureau of prisons.
Spring Festival, which begins on Jan. 23 this year, is China's most important holiday, with hundreds of millions of people returning to their hometowns to reunite with family members.
The inmates will be released on Jan. 22, the eve of Lunar New Year.
This will not be the first time that Ningxia has let prisoners go home for festivals. Since 2009, 551 inmates have been allowed to leave for holidays, some for Spring Festival, others for the National Day holiday in October. All of them returned to prison when their vacation ended.
Source: Xinhua
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