The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Decision on Comprehensively Deepening Reform announced the abolition of the reeducation-through-labor system. This decision has been widely recognized by public opinion, and its progress in the rule of law has also won applause from the legal circles in China. With the abolition of reeducation through labor, related issues have become the new focus of public attention. Will it bury hidden dangers for public security? Chen Zexian, executive vice president of China Criminal Law Research Association, said that Chinese laws have provisions on the amount and circumstances of crimes that violate the criminal law. For example, theft will be punished only if it reaches a certain amount. Those who fail to meet these "standards" and are not criminally punished are often classified as reeducation through labor. "Don't make big things, small things constantly; Worried about the death of public security, it is difficult to die of the court ",which is the main reason for the existence of China's reeducation through labor system. Some people worry that after the abolition of the reeducation-through-labor system, these people may cause harm to society, thus laying a hidden danger to social security. Lawyer Wei Rujiu, who once wrote the Research Report on China's Reeducation through Labor System (20 10), thinks that this kind of worry is unnecessary. "In fact, the current Public Security Administration Punishment Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Law Amendment have covered illegal and criminal acts. After the abolition of the reeducation-through-labor system, there are still laws to deal with related illegal and criminal acts: if it does not constitute a crime, it will be punished according to the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment, and if it constitutes a crime, it will be convicted and sentenced according to the Criminal Law. " According to the social harmfulness of related criminal acts, light punishments such as public surveillance can be imposed. It can be seen that the punishment object of the original reeducation through labor system can be handled in different ways, such as public security management punishment and community correction, and the previous reeducation through labor is no longer needed. In 20 12, no new re-education through labor was actually approved, and public security punishment was adopted for those who did not meet the criminal punishment. Will alternative laws be introduced? Undeniably, in a certain period of time, the system of reeducation through labor has played a positive role in maintaining social stability. However, in the practice in recent years, the disadvantages of the reeducation-through-labor system have become increasingly prominent and become the target of public criticism. Some experts believe that after the abolition of reeducation through labor, we cannot simply give up its original educational function. Ni, a law professor at Xiangtan University, said that we can learn from the experience of foreign countries in implementing the public security punishment system, formulate a social correction law, and take it as a special criminal law through relevant legal procedures. On the basis of full investigation and extensive listening to public opinion, it can effectively connect with the administrative punishment law, criminal law and criminal procedure law. The judicial administrative organs have recently adjusted the functions and establishment of grass-roots judicial offices and strengthened the power of community correction. Where are the reeducation-through-labor institutions and personnel going? After the abolition of the reeducation-through-labor system, where will these reeducation-through-labor institutions go? How to transform employees? Many reeducation-through-labor centers have also put up signs of drug rehabilitation centers. Some experts suggest that after the abolition of the reeducation-through-labor system, the reeducation-through-labor center can be reformed, the original staff can be professionally trained, and other social organizations such as drug rehabilitation centers can be transformed to achieve welfare and service. In the post-reeducation-through-labor era, the concept change from management to welfare guarantee should be realized. With the rule of law, justice and welfare, the remaining problems can be solved. Education correction legislation will be the key to the next reform. The object of reeducation through labor is juvenile offenders who are not punished by criminal law. The time for reeducation through labor to restrict personal freedom is at least one year, while the time for criminal law to restrict personal freedom was at least 15 days, and now it is 1 month. In other words, in terms of restricting or depriving personal freedom, the same fault of minors is more than ten times that of criminal punishment. This imbalance of excessive punishment has reached an alarming level! After the abolition of the reeducation-through-labor system, education correction legislation will be the key to the next reform, and its examination and approval management procedures, objects, deadlines and other issues are the focus of legal attention. Educational correction is a special measure to prevent crime with the purpose of special prevention and based on personal danger. Its specific methods include correction, probation and medical treatment. The power of examination and approval of educational correction must be independent of the public security organs. Organizations that examine and approve decisions should also include people outside government departments, such as ordinary citizens, legal experts and professional and technical personnel. Because judging the danger of people can not be judged only by government departments, but also by society.