Legal basis: Article 1 of the Prison Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to correctly execute criminal punishments, punish and reform criminals, and prevent and reduce crimes.
Article 2: Prisons are the penalty executing organs of the state.
According to the provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law, criminals sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment shall execute their sentences in prison.