Prison first in China to allow online shopping

In the past, prisoners had to handwrite a shopping list and give it to the officers, who would print it out and return it to the prisoner for confirmation, a prisoner surnamed Yuan told the newspaper.

Now, Yuan said, it is more convenient to place an order at the terminals.

Yuan added that it took as long as a month to get purchases in the past, while now it is shortened to a matter of several days.