People's Republic of China (PRC) Prison Law
Article 2 A prison is an organ of the state that executes criminal punishments. According to the provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law, criminals sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment shall execute their sentences in prison.
Article 3 A prison shall implement the principle of combining punishment with reform and combining education with labor, and transform criminals into law-abiding citizens.
Article 4 A prison shall supervise prisoners according to law, organize prisoners to participate in productive labor and provide ideological, cultural and technical education to prisoners according to the needs of reforming prisoners.
Article 5 The activities of the prison people's police in managing prisons according to law, executing punishments and educating and reforming criminals are protected by law.