Linfen Prison in Shanxi Province, which belongs to Shanxi Prison Administration, is the national penalty execution organ, mainly responsible for penalty execution, prison management, education reform and labor reform, improving the quality of criminal reform and completing other tasks assigned by the higher prison administration.
Extended data:
Prison, in a broad sense, refers to places where all prisoners are held, including prisons, detention centers and detention centers. In a narrow sense, it refers to a prison that carries out punishment on criminals sentenced to death with a two-year suspension, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment according to the provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law. The competent department of a prison is the Prison Administration, and the highest administrative department is the Ministry of Justice.
function
1. The punishment function of a prison refers to the sum of the psychological pain effects caused by the state's putting the criminal's body and mind under the condition of punishment and restricting his spiritual and material life.
2. The reform function of prison refers to the sum of educational effects of changing criminals' criminal concepts and cultivating them to abide by the law according to the purpose of punishment.
3. The defense function of a prison refers to the sum of the effects of preventing criminals from committing crimes again by executing penalties, and at the same time, warning, deterring and educating other people who may commit crimes in society so that they will not embark on the road of crime.
4. Special prevention means that by executing the penalty, the prison isolates the criminals from the society and loses the conditions for committing crimes again, thus depriving the criminals of their personal freedom and preventing them from committing crimes again while serving their sentences.
5. General prevention means that the prison punishes criminals to deter those who have not committed crimes and prevent them from committing crimes.
Criminals sentenced to public surveillance, criminal detention, fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment may have their sentences reduced if they consciously abide by prison regulations, receive education and reform, and truly show repentance or render meritorious service during the execution period; One of the following major meritorious deeds shall be commuted:
(a) to prevent others from engaging in major criminal activities;
(2) reporting major criminal activities inside and outside the prison, which is verified by investigation;
(three) there are inventions or major technological innovations;
(4) sacrificing oneself to save others in daily production and life;
(five) outstanding performance in resisting natural disasters or eliminating major accidents;
(6) Having made other significant contributions to the country and society. After commutation, the actual sentence shall not be less than the following period:
(a) sentenced to public surveillance, criminal detention or fixed-term imprisonment, which is more than half of the original sentence;
(two) sentenced to life imprisonment, not less than thirteen years;
(3) If a criminal whose execution is suspended is restricted by the people's court in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 50 of this Law, his sentence shall be commuted to life imprisonment and to fixed-term imprisonment of 25 years, but less than 20 years. For commutation of a prisoner, the executing organ shall submit a proposal for commutation to the people's court at or above the intermediate level. When trying a case, the people's court shall form a collegial panel, and if there are facts of repentance or meritorious service, it shall make a ruling to reduce the sentence. Without legal procedures, the sentence may not be reduced.