中国的监狱制度JailSystemThePrisonLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChinawasadoptedandwentintoforceonDecember20,1994atthe11thmeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheEighthNationalPeople’sCongress
RegulatoryAuthoritiesThePrisonLawprovidesthattheStateCounciljudicialadministration(MinistryofJustice)supervisesallprisonsacrossthecountry
TheMinistryofJusticehasaBureauofPrisonAdministrationthatsupervisesallprisonsinthecountry
Intheprovinces(municipalitiesdirectlyunderthecentralgovernmentandautonomousregions),officesofjusticeareresponsibleformanagingprisonsintheirownjurisdictionthroughtheirprisonadministrationarms
PrisonsinChinaaredividedintotwocategories:Prisonsincarceratinginmateswhohavebeencondemnedbycourtstoafixed-termsentence,lifesentenceordeathpenaltywithtwoyearsreprieve
Maleandfemaleinmatesarewardedseparately,wi