In the reform through labor, the reform-through-labor institutions implement the policy of "combining punishment control with ideological reform, combining labor production with political education" and "reforming first, then producing". They not only carry out military control and forced labor, but also carry out ideological and political education, give revolutionary humanitarian treatment in life and urge them to turn over a new leaf. Abuse and corporal punishment are strictly prohibited.
Reeducation through labor, referred to as reeducation through labor, is a criminal management method used in socialist countries such as People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which was introduced from the former Soviet Union in 1950s. A slogan and slogan that often appears in prisons, through the forced labor of prisoners, achieves the purpose of approval by managers.