Detention center is the criminal detention organ of the country and one of the tools of people's democratic dictatorship. The national criminal detention organ points out the basic functions of the detention center and its specific attributes that are different from other state organs. One of the tools of the people's democratic dictatorship points out that the political attribute of the detention center is reflected by the functional activities of detaining criminal suspects, defendants and criminals. Therefore, the nature of detention center is determined by the nature of state power and its own functions. The nature of the detention center includes the following main contents: (1) The detention center is an important part of the state power organs. (2) The detention center is an organ for detaining people who have been arrested or criminally detained. (3) The detention center is a position to educate detainees to turn over a new leaf. 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 main difference between detention center and prison lies in the different objects of detention. The detention center is mainly a place where criminal suspects and defendants who are arrested and detained according to law are held; And prisons are places where convicted criminals who have been sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment are held.