Since the prison was established 62 years ago, the prison has adhered to the working policy of "combining punishment with prevention, aiming at reforming people", closely focusing on the two major themes of safety, stability and quality of reform, insisting on managing prisons according to law, strictly managing police and enforcing the law fairly, and all the work has achieved good results-the first "Legal Aid Office for Criminals" was established in 2001,and it was named as a provincial modern civilized prison by the Provincial Department of Justice in 2002. In 2003, it was awarded the title of "National Advanced Collective for Resettlement Education of Ex-prisoners" by the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management, in 2004 it was awarded as "Guangdong Advanced Collective for Resettlement Education" and "Foshan Advanced Unit for Maintaining Social Security and Stability", in 2005 it was awarded as "National Advanced Unit for Civilized Law Enforcement of Prison Reeducation through Labor System" by the Ministry of Justice, in 2006 it was awarded as "Advanced Collective" by Foshan Municipal Government and in 2008 it was awarded as "Guangdong Prison Administration". 20 10 was rated as "National Advanced Collective of Prison Reeducation through Labor" by the Ministry of Justice, and 20 1 1 was awarded Class II by the Provincial Department of Justice. By 20 19, supervision safety and production safety have been achieved for 22 consecutive years and 24 consecutive years, and more than 40,000 criminals have been reformed, making due contributions to maintaining social stability and promoting social fairness and justice.
In the new era, Foshan Prison in Guangdong Province will conscientiously implement the work arrangements of the Ministry of Justice, the Provincial Department of Justice and the Provincial Prison Administration, further improve its political position, adhere to the bottom line of safety, practice the purpose of reform, persist in leading construction with party building, pay attention to safety prevention and control on the one hand, and standardize construction on the other, make overall plans to promote the five reform patterns led by political reform, continuously improve the quality of criminal reform and the level of fair law enforcement, and strive to build a model prison with Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area characteristics.
Gaoming Prison in Guangdong Province, located in Gaoming District, Foshan City, northwest of the Pearl River Delta, covers an area of 5.8 square kilometers, bordering Xijiang River in the east and 70 kilometers away from Guangzhou, the provincial capital. Land and water transportation is very convenient.
Gaoming Prison was founded in September 1957, formerly known as "Guangdong 26th Reform-through-Labor Team". In February/95,/kloc-0 was renamed as "Gaoming Prison in Guangdong Province" with the approval of the provincial government. It has 20 departments and 15 prison areas.
Article 2 of China's prison law clearly stipulates: "Prison is the national penalty execution organ. According to the provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law, crimes sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment should be executed in prison. " This article clearly defines the nature of prisons in China from the height of national legal system with accurate and concise legal language.
Function:
1. The punishment function of a prison refers to the sum of the psychological pain effects caused by the state's putting the criminal's body and mind under the condition of punishment and restricting his spiritual and material life.
2. The reform function of prison refers to the sum of educational effects of changing criminals' criminal concepts and cultivating them to abide by the law according to the purpose of punishment.
3. The defense function of a prison refers to the sum of the effects of preventing criminals from committing crimes again by executing penalties, and at the same time, warning, deterring and educating other people who may commit crimes in society so that they will not embark on the road of crime.
4. Special prevention means that by executing the penalty, the prison isolates the criminals from the society and loses the conditions for committing crimes again, thus depriving the criminals of their personal freedom and preventing them from committing crimes again while serving their sentences.
5. General prevention means that the prison punishes criminals to deter those who have not committed crimes and prevent them from committing crimes.