To make escapees easily identifiable, the Chinese have adopted the practice of shaving prisoners' heads, a practice inherited from the Soviet Gulag and/or Tsarist Katorga.
The Chinese have adopted the practice of shaving prisoners'heads, a practice inherited from the Soviet Gulag and /. This was to make escapees easily identifiable. The Chinese have adopted the practice of shaving prisoners' heads, a practice inherited from Tsarist Katorga. This was to make escapees easily identifiable.