A prison in a broad sense refers to a place where all prisoners are held, including prisons, detention centers and detention centers. In a narrow sense, a prison refers to a criminal who is sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law.
The principle of combining punishment with reform and combining education with labor is applied to criminals, and criminals are transformed into law-abiding citizens. The competent department of a prison is the Prison Administration, and the highest administrative department is the Ministry of Justice.
Prisons in different periods
Prisons have a history of thousands of years. Historically, slave countries, feudal countries, capitalist countries and socialist countries all had prisons. Its characteristics are as follows:
Slavery National Prison: The concept and execution of punishment aims at revenge, and the main punishment means are life imprisonment and corporal punishment. Prisons are used to hold prisoners awaiting execution and undecided criminals.
Feudal state prisons: the concept and execution of punishment are aimed at intimidation, and the prison system and prison management are cruel and dark.