What is the difference between a police station, a detention center and a prison?

1, with different properties.

The police station is an agency of the public security organs.

Detention center is a public security organ that detains criminal suspects who have been taken compulsory measures.

Prison is the judicial organ that holds all prisoners.

2. Different functions

The main function of the police station is to manage household registration and grass-roots public security.

The main function of the detention center is to detain criminal suspects who have been arrested and detained according to law.

The main function of a prison is to punish and reform prisoners.

3. Different administrative levels

Most police stations under the county public security bureau are generally guji, and a few are metre.

The guard is located in the administrative area at or above the county level and is under the jurisdiction of the public security organ at the same level.

The competent department of a prison is the Prison Administration, and the highest administrative department is the Ministry of Justice.

Extended data:

Three natures of prison

First of all, punitive

Prison is the penalty executing organ. The primary task of a prison is to punish criminals, which has an impact on society and victims and will be punished to a certain extent.

Second, transformation.

Prison is also a place to educate and reform people. After serving a sentence in prison, according to the requirements of the prison law, criminals can learn culture, law and vocational skills in prison, and those who behave well can go home to visit relatives, have their sentences reduced or be released on parole. The main purpose of these measures is to build the prison into a place to reform people, so that these criminals can truly abandon the old and set up the new, return to society and become qualified citizens.

Third, stability.

Prison is an important place to maintain social stability. Prison stability is an important aspect of social stability.

Nature and task of detention center:

The detention center is an organ that detains criminal suspects and defendants who have been arrested and detained according to law. A criminal sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year, or a criminal whose remaining sentence is not more than one year, may also be supervised by a detention center.

The task of the detention center is to guard the detainees by armed guards according to national laws to ensure safety; Educate detainees; Managing the life and health of detainees; Ensure the smooth progress of investigation, prosecution and trial.

The task of the police station is:

The work of the police station is to do a good job of serving the masses, in fact, it is to solve practical problems for the masses.

In order to do a good job in serving the masses, the police station has also explored its own management model. Pan Xingtian, a policeman, told reporters that it is to establish a three-level management model of towns, police stations and village committees, and form a new pattern of government-led, public security-led, departmental linkage, division of labor and cooperation, and joint management.

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Xinhuanet-Give full play to the prison function and better respond to people's concerns.

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Xinhua Guangdong Public Security Network-Nature and Task of Detention Center

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People's Network-police station should solve the problems that people are most concerned about.