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China rehabilitation scheme makes morticians of murderers

Shenyang, China (AFP) by Matthew WALSH Once jailed for murder, Cao Yongsheng now makes a living caring for the dead, benefitting from a bold rehabilitation scheme that’s giving some of China’s most serious criminals a second life as funeral workers. It is a rare campaign to help former prisoners, many of whom say a lack of reform programmes, a resultant skills shortage and deep-seated discrimination push them towards reoffending. Cao served 17 years behind bars […]