Chinese procuratorates conduct 2,234 inspections on prisons in 2019

Chinese procuratorial organs conducted 2,234 inspections on the work of 665 prisons by the end of 2019, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Friday.

The inspections found 17,514 pieces of misconduct concerning the prisons' punishment and regulatory enforcement, the SPP said, noting that 14,721 pieces of the misconducts have been rectified.

The use of itinerant procurators for such inspections is an institutional innovation of the SPP's work, which helps strengthen legal supervision, said Hou Yahui, an official with the SPP.

The SPP said it also stepped up crackdown against bullying in prisons.