Life of Lishui Longquan inmates in detention centers

In the detention center, suspects can read books, watch TV, and participate in appropriate physical labor.

Regulations on Detention Centers

Article 41 A detention center shall, in accordance with the actual situation of the inmates, focus on the education of the legal system, morality and compliance with prison rules in a planned, purposeful and targeted manner, and urge the inmates to comply with the prison rules, tell the truth about their problems, and actively report and denounce the unlawful and criminal activities inside and outside the prison.

Article 42 The education of prisoners may take the form of collective lectures, individual talks, cooperation with case-handling organs in convening conferences on the lenient and strict treatment of offenders, mobilization of prisoners' relatives and friends to persuade them to do so, and the selection of prisoners or persons released from prison to speak from their own experience.

The detention center shall organize the prisoners to listen to the radio, watch TV, read books and newspapers, current affairs, policy, legal education, active life.

Article 43 In order to promote the ideological reform of inmates and enhance their physical fitness, detention centers may organize inmates to engage in appropriate labor under the premise of ensuring safety and not affecting investigation, prosecution and trial.

Article 44: The organization of labor for prisoners must be carried out within the limits of their abilities, and sick prisoners and prisoners sentenced to death are not allowed to participate. It is strictly forbidden to use prisoners privately to work for any unit or individual.