Pilot program gives teenager a fresh start
An Na and Wang Long, case officers with the Renzhu Social Work Office, give guidance to Zhang Yu (right), a young offender taking part in a pilot project to rehabilitate juvenile offenders through education and community service, in Beijing this month. Zou Hong / China Daily |
Zhang Yu could be staring at the inside of a cell right now. After being found guilty of a serious assault in December 2010, the 18-year-old had been facing up to a year in a juvenile detention center.
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