“No family should depend on the labor of their children to put food on the table, and no person should be forced to work in captivity” (Hilda Solis-Department of Labor). Work is much more than being physically forced to do a job, but also being enslaved by the person you work for. Slavery, arbitrariness, low wages for hard work, or any form of compulsory daily routine is the only aspect against which Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights pushes back. “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to fair and favorable working conditions and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Every person who works has the right to fair and dignified remuneration that ensures for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of their interests” - Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The main forced labor prison in China, according to Article 23A, Masanjia, is a place that for the most part it is hell, because it entirely goes against the forced labor policy of Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In a recent news story, an Oregon mother opened her Halloween decorations and found a letter pleading for help from a worker in China describing the deplorable situation she found herself in in China's Masanjia prison. Later identified as Mr. Zhang, a former English student at a Chinese university, was forced into the Chinese prison system due to his religious practices; He is a loyal member of Falun Gong. In Masanjia prison they have an amazing program that pro...... half of the document ...... article 23, but no real positive action comes from it. Works Cited Chan, Anita. “Labor Standards and Human Rights: The Case of Chinese Workers in Market Socialism,” Human Rights Quartely, vol. 20, no. 4 (1998): 886-904. Network. November 7, 2013."China." United States Department of Labor. U.S. Department of Labor, n.d. Web. November 8, 2013. .Jacobs, Andrew. "Behind the cry for help from the Chinese labor camp." New York Times June 11, 2013: A1. Print.Lee, Ching Kwan. Against the law: labor protests in China's Rustbelt and Sunbelt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Network. November 7, 2013.Zhang, Laney. "Children's Rights: China". Law Library of Congress. United States Government. August 2007. Web. 6 November 2013.