Why is ＂cousin＂ Yang Dacai imprisoned in a juvenile prison?

Recently, the news that his cousin Yang Dacai served his sentence in the Shaanxi Juvenile Correctional Center and received a commutation of his sentence has attracted attention.

Some media released the criminal ruling on Yang Dacai's crime of accepting bribes and the crime of unknown source of huge property and execution change made by the court on September 6 last year.

According to the ruling, Yang Dacai served his sentence at the Juvenile Delinquency Center in Shaanxi Province. During his sentence, he pleaded guilty and obeyed the law.Showing repentance, it was also found that the criminal received 27 positive sentences, the property penalty has been fulfilled, and the stolen money has been returned. The criminal Yang Dacai was granted a commutation of eight months.

The verdict sparked heated discussions among netizens.On June 29, the Shaanxi Provincial Prison Administration responded to this, focusing on explaining why Yang Dacai was detained in a correctional center for juvenile delinquents and how Yang Dacai commuted his sentence.

The first question, why was Yang Dacai detained in a juvenile prison?

The Shaanxi Provincial Prison Management Bureau stated that both correctional centers and prisons for juvenile delinquents belong to the state penalty enforcement agencies.Over the past ten years, the number of juvenile delinquents has decreased year by year. In order to rationally adjust the layout of detainees and prevent the supervision resources of the prison from being idle, the Provincial Prison Administration conducted a study in November 2005 and detained some adult prisoners in the juvenile correctional center.

These adult offenders set up a separate prison area in the Juvenile Correctional Center and are held separately from the juvenile offenders. They are supervised according to the adult offender management system, organized to engage in productive labor, and undergo education and reform.

At present, the number of adult prisoners has accounted for 80% of the total number of detainees.Several new prisons in our province are about to be built, and after they are put into use, this part will be moved to the new prisons for detention.

The second question, why did Yang Dacai reduce his sentence?

The Shaanxi Provincial Prison Administration stated that the criminal Yang Dacai was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court on September 4, 2013 for the crime of accepting bribes and having a huge amount of property of unknown origin. The sentence will be executed until March 6, 2027.Because the prisoner did show repentance while serving his sentence, under the simultaneous supervision of the People's Procuratorate of Shapo District, Xi'an City, the Intermediate People's Court of Xi'an City formed a collegial panel in accordance with the law and held a public trial.The prisoner was sentenced to a commutation of eight months, and after the commutation, the sentence will be executed until July 6, 2026.

The commutation of the criminal Yang Dacai's sentence was handled strictly according to the law, and the substantive conditions and procedures complied with the law.

The Yang Dacai case was once regarded as a typical case of online anti-corruption.On August 26, 2012, at the scene of a serious car accident in Yan'an, a photo of Yang Dacai, then director of the Shaanxi Provincial Safety Supervision Bureau, smiling, spread quickly on the Internet, and Yang Dacai was called the smiling director for this reason.

Later, pictures of him wearing multiple famous brand watches on different occasions were found by netizens, and Yang Dacai changed from smiling director to cousin.

Afterwards, someone sent a government information disclosure application form to the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Finance, applying for disclosure of Yang Dacai's 2011 annual salary.The Shaanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection also immediately intervened and notified on September 21, 2012: Yang Dacai has serious violations of discipline and has been dismissed.Five months later, in February 2013, Yang Dacai was expelled from the party and transferred to the judiciary.

In September 2013, the case of Yang Dacai accepting bribes and the source of a huge amount of property was unknown was publicly heard.The public prosecution agency believes that Yang Dacai, as a staff member of a state agency, took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others during his tenure as the director of the Safety Supervision Bureau of Shaanxi Province, and illegally collected 250,000 yuan from others three times;The source of ten thousand yuan cannot be stated.Yang Dacai was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined 50,000 yuan for the crime of accepting bribes and the crime of unknown source of huge property.