Of course - every arrested person is guilty of something. We should have long mandatory sentences directly without trials. Two million people is not enough to compete with Chinese prison labor.
They greeted prisoners with a roll call based on cases. "So-and-so! Article 58-1a, twenty five years." The chief of he convoy guard was curious: "What did you get it for?" "For nothing at all." "You're lying. The sentence for nothing at all is ten years."
(Gulag Archipelago favourite quotations )