According to the Prison Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Article 3 A prison shall implement the principle of combining punishment with reform and combining education with labor to transform criminals into law-abiding citizens.
Article 4 A prison shall supervise prisoners according to law, organize prisoners to engage in productive labor according to the needs of reforming prisoners, and educate prisoners in ideology, culture and technology.
Article 5 The activities of the people's police in managing prisons according to law, executing punishments and educating and reforming criminals are protected by law.
Article 67 A prison shall organize prisoners to carry out appropriate sports activities and cultural and recreational activities.
Article 68 State organs, social organizations, armed forces, enterprises and institutions, people from all walks of life and relatives of criminals shall assist prisons in educating and reforming criminals.
Extended data
The main contents of prison reform:
The principle of educating and reforming criminals in accordance with their aptitude, classifying education and convincing others by reasoning is adopted, and the method of combining collective education with individual education and prison education with social education is adopted.
1. Prisons should educate criminals on the legal system, morality, situation, policies and future.
2. Prisons should provide prisoners with literacy education, primary education and junior secondary education according to different situations. Those who pass the examination shall be awarded corresponding academic certificates by the education department.
3. A prison shall provide vocational and technical education to prisoners according to their needs of production and employment after release. Those who pass the examination shall be issued the corresponding technical grade certificate by the labor department.
4. The prison encourages prisoners to teach themselves. If they pass the examination, the relevant departments will issue corresponding certificates.
5. The cultural and vocational education of criminals should be included in the local education plan. A prison shall set up classrooms, reading rooms and other necessary educational facilities.
6. Prisons shall organize prisoners to carry out appropriate sports activities and cultural and recreational activities.
reference data
China Government Network-People's Republic of China (PRC) Prison Law