China - The Ministry of Justice has recruited seven psychologists in the first step to build an experts bank providing advice on better management of prisons.
Zhang Enyou, a psychologist who is also vice president of the Central Institute for Correctional Police, and six other experts are employed by the ministry, the Legal Daily reported on Monday.
Chen Xunqiu, vice minister of Justice, said his ministry is continuing to look for law, penologists, education and medical experts for the bank. Statistics available showed that by 2005 China had more than 1.8 million inmates, the second largest prisoner population next to the United States.

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That's interesting to know that China's inmate population is 2nd behind this so-called "free" nation of the U.S. as our inmate population is double of China's or am i off on that.

Let me get the figures for you and get back to you on this!
Rach x