According to Article 78 of the Criminal Law, a criminal sentenced to public surveillance, criminal detention, fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment may have his sentence reduced if he consciously abides by prison regulations and receives education and reform during the execution period, and if he truly shows repentance or meritorious service; One of the following major meritorious deeds shall be commuted:

1, stop other people's major criminal activities.

2, report major criminal activities inside and outside the prison, verified.

3, there are inventions or major technological innovations.

4. Give yourself up to save others in daily production and life.

5 outstanding performance in resisting natural disasters or eliminating major accidents.

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Precautions:

Prisoners requesting commutation or parole shall be collectively examined by all police officers, and suggestions for commutation shall be submitted to the prison management department for review.

After the review, the prison management department puts forward the review opinions and submits them to the commutation and parole review Committee for review by the prison.

After review, the prison shall be submitted to the commutation and parole review committee for publicity, and the publicity period shall be 7 working days. If there is any objection, the prison shall submit a review to the commutation and parole review committee and inform the review result.

After the prison submits the commutation and parole review committee to complete the review and publicity procedures, it submits the proposal and review report to the warden's office for deliberation and decision.

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