1, particularity: the education of prisoners has its particularity, and the education target is prisoners serving their sentences in prison. Their environment and identity have their particularity, so they need to adopt educational methods and methods different from general social education.

2. Purpose: The purpose of educating criminals is to help them re-establish correct values, outlook on life and world outlook, improve their awareness of reform and law-abiding, and prepare for returning to society.

3. Mandatory: Because the target of education is criminals, education is mandatory to some extent, and relevant laws, regulations and rules must be observed, and prison management regulations must not be violated.

4. Comprehensiveness: The education of prisoners involves many fields and disciplines, and it is necessary to comprehensively apply various knowledge and methods such as psychology, pedagogy and sociology to improve the educational effect.

The types of education for prisoners are as follows:

1. Ideological education: including prison instruction, confession and repentance, legal knowledge education, moral knowledge education, etc. It aims to help criminals establish correct ideas and enhance their legal awareness and moral cultivation.

2. Cultural education: including the education of basic cultural knowledge and vocational skills, aiming at improving the cultural quality and vocational skills of criminals and laying a foundation for their transformation and reintegration into society.

3. Technical education: including the education of various vocational skills, aiming at enabling criminals to master a skill, improving their employment competitiveness and creating conditions for criminals to reintegrate into society.

4. Mental health education: including mental health education, psychological consultation and psychological counseling, aiming at helping criminals solve psychological problems, improve their psychological quality and enhance their self-control and adjustment ability.

5. Religious education: including the education of religious beliefs and religious knowledge, which aims to help criminals understand the essence and significance of religious beliefs and enhance their beliefs and moral concepts.

6. The education of criminals includes many aspects, including ideological, cultural, technical, psychological and religious education. These educational activities help criminals to establish correct ideas, improve their cultural quality and professional skills, enhance their psychological quality and self-control ability, and create conditions for criminals to reform and reintegrate into society.