Corporal Punishment Out
<i> Reuters</i>
HONG KONG —
Hong Kong is to end the use of corporal punishment in its prisons, the government said Friday.
A statement said a Correctional Services Department study had shown there were better ways to rehabilitate prisoners than beating them with a cane.
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