The labor camp system originally was used to detain accused counterrevolutionaries or other critics of the Communist government, but was later expanded to punish prostitutes, drug addicts and other minor criminals.
NPR: Official Says China To End Labor Camp Sentences
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That requirement ended Jan. 14 when a new law took effect scrapping the permit known as the "white card, " which Cuba routinely denied to those it considers "counterrevolutionaries" in the pay of foreign interests and bent on undermining the communist government.
NPR: Cuba Dissidents Approved, Denied For Passports