According to the Prison Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

1. Article 3 A prison shall implement the principle of combining punishment with reform and combining education with labor, and transform criminals into law-abiding citizens.

2. Article 4 A prison shall supervise criminals according to law, organize criminals to engage in productive labor and educate them in ideology, culture and technology according to the needs of reforming criminals.

Article 5 The activities of prison people's police in managing prisons according to law, executing punishments and educating and reforming criminals are protected by law.

Second, do prisoners get paid?

The working hours of criminals shall be implemented with reference to the relevant state regulations on working hours; Under special circumstances such as seasonal production, working hours can be adjusted. ; Criminals in prisons need to participate in productive labor organized by prisons, and they are not paid, but only given proper remuneration.