Is community correction a criminal punishment?

Don't belong. The punishment in China is divided into principal punishment and supplementary punishment. The principal punishments include public surveillance, criminal detention, fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment and death penalty, while the supplementary punishments include fines, deprivation of political rights and confiscation of property. It can be seen that community correction is not a criminal punishment. Community correction is a method of educating and reforming criminals by using community resources without isolating criminals from society. It is the general name of all the ways to manage and educate criminals in the community environment. Simply put, it is to let criminals who meet the statutory conditions execute their sentences in the community.

Community correction object:

1, sentenced to control;

2. Being suspended;

3, was temporarily executed outside prison, including:

(1) Suffering from a serious illness and needing medical parole;

(2) Women who are pregnant or nursing babies;

(3) Life can't take care of itself, and the application of temporary execution outside prison will not harm society.

4. Being sentenced to parole;

5. Being deprived of political rights and serving a sentence in society.

To sum up, community correction is not a criminal punishment, but a non-custodial correction measure, which helps to correct criminals' criminal psychology and behavior habits and promote criminals' smooth return to society.

Legal basis:

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 33

The main types of punishment are as follows:

(1) control;

(2) criminal detention;

(3) Fixed-term imprisonment;

(4) life imprisonment;

(5) the death penalty. Article 34 The types of supplementary punishment are as follows:

(1) a fine;

(2) deprivation of political rights;

(3) confiscation of property.

Additional punishment can also be applied independently.

Community correction law

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Criminals sentenced to public surveillance, probation, parole or temporary execution outside prison shall undergo community correction according to law.

This Law shall apply to the supervision and management of community correction objects, education aid and other activities.