Prisons have a prison director, deputy director of one to two people, under the correctional, production, general affairs and other work organizations. Prisons implement labor reform to implement punitive control and ideological reform, labor and production and political education; prisons to implement strict control of prisoners and tight security, if necessary, solitary confinement; strictly prohibit ill-treatment, corporal punishment. Prisons cultivate prisoners' production skills and labor habits. The standard of clothing and food for prisoners. They are enforced in accordance with uniform regulations; deductions and misappropriations are strictly prohibited. Prisons set up medical institutions such as infirmaries and hospitals according to circumstances, and are equipped with the necessary medical equipment. Prisoners may receive their families at specified times; foreign national prisoners shall have an interpreter present when they receive their families; in the event of special circumstances, such visits may be restricted or stopped. Prisoners are subject to a system of rewards and punishments based on merit. In cases where the sentence has expired and the investigating or judging authorities have notified the prisoner that he or she should be released or paroled, the prison releases the prisoner on schedule and issues a Certificate of Release.
China's prison setup mainly includes two kinds:
1. Prisons are places where criminals sentenced by the people's court to fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment and two-year reprieve from execution of the death penalty are held. Prisons can be divided into male and female prisons, and female prisons should be managed directly by female prison people's police. According to the nature of the crime and the length of the sentence, prisons can also be divided into prisons for serious offenders and prisons for minor offenders.
2. Correctional facilities for juvenile offenders are places where juvenile offenders sentenced by the people's court to fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment and a two-year reprieve from the death penalty are held. Since the objects of detention are mainly offenders under the age of 18, juvenile correctional facilities can also be called prisons for juvenile offenders or juvenile prisons. China has always given special protection to minors, and the same applies to minors who have committed crimes. Juvenile correctional centers adopt correctional principles and methods that are appropriate for the persons they house.
Legal basis
The Chinese people's **** and the State Prison Law
Article 2 Prisons are the State's penalty enforcement organs.
In accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law, criminals sentenced to death penalty suspended for two years, life imprisonment, or fixed-term imprisonment shall execute their sentences in prisons.
Article 3 Prisons shall apply the principle of combining punishment and reform, education and labor to criminals, and reform them into law-abiding citizens.