"Black Jails" in China

Released on Novmeber 11, Human Rights Watch reported that "black jails" were discovered in China (the article focuses mostly on Beijing). The article defines black jails as "unlawful detention facilities" which are usually located in state-owned hotels, nurisng homes and psychiatric hospitals. These black jails are obviously kept secret by the Chinese government and when questioned about their existence, they outright deny the claim.

The prisoners in black jails are typically petitioners from surrounding rural areas who go to Beijing to protest such crimes committed against them as "illegal land grabs... government corruption [and] police torture". The black jails are created by the government to detain these petitioners so they will stop their complaints and so consequently the officials from their areas will not get into trouble. These officials are "under rules that impose bureaucratic penalities". They face loss of financial and career advancement penalties because of these petitioners.

Therefore, officials hire people to abduct these petitioners. When they are abducted, they are not told why, where they are going or for how long. The people who capture them do not even have to present proper identification.

Conditions in the jails are inhumane. Guards in the jails are paid daily in cash by the local-level government which provides a strong inducement for their work. Prisoners are frequently abused, with threats, extortion, theft, intimidation, and deprivation of food, sleep and medical care.

Here is the link: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/02/china-secret-black-jails-hide-severe-rights-abuses
It also has a video in the article which is interesting to watch.

This is obviously a violation of human rights. The article states that Obama knows about this and wants to press China for human rights violations but has not done much about the issue. What do you think must be done in order for these "black jails" to be exposed and extinguished?