Reeducation through labor
Labor education refers to a so-called "labor, education and training" system, referred to as reeducation through labor. The system of reeducation through labor is introduced by the People's Republic of China from the Soviet Union, but it is not exactly the same as that of the Soviet Union. The People's Republic of China has formed two different systems of labor reform and reeducation through labor. Legally speaking, the People's Republic of China's reeducation-through-labor system began in 1957, it is not the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" provisions of the penalty, but the relevant administrative regulations of an administrative punishment; public security organs do not need to court Trial conviction, you can put the suspect into the labor camp, the implementation of the maximum period of four years of restrictions on personal freedom, forced labor, ideological education and other measures. On December 28, 2013, the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress passed the decision on abolishing the relevant laws on reeducation through labor, and the system of reeducation through labor was abolished. At the same time, the reeducation of labor was lifted to those who were being reeducated. As a result of the one country, two systems, in Hong Kong, the Sha Tsui Correctional Institution in Lantau Island still retains the system of implementing reeducation through labor for young prisoners. ...