A few years ago, because of his work, he went to the city's institutional prison for correctional prisoners many times. Every time, it's like stepping into a strange and strict world.
The first time I walked into the prison, I remember that it was a cold winter morning, and the moment I walked into the solid door of the prison, my heart was full of complexity. After entering the prison area after the security check, the mood that was originally a little cold due to the cold weather suddenly became extremely heavy and depressing.
The prison is enclosed by a high wall, the top of which is covered with a power grid, and at the four corners of the grid are high watchtowers, in which the policemen on duty stand guard day and night with guns.
At that time, the conditions of the prison were still limited, the area of the prison was not large, and the facilities of the prison were very simple, but the management was very orderly, which exceeded my imagination.
The prison cell was cleaned, and the bedding was folded with sharp edges. There are calligraphy and paintings posted in the corridor, and lanterns of different sizes and heights are hung on the playground.
I exhaled a long breath, and suddenly felt that the festive atmosphere of the New Year was quietly permeating here through the high-walled power grid, bringing a trace of warmth to this silent and tense cold world. The prison supervisor pointed out to me that these were the works of inmates.
This is a very special group, although they live under the bright sunshine, but due to differences in world views and values, different ages, different occupations, different plots, and different times, they are detained here because they have violated the bottom line of the law. While accepting legal punishment, he also reformed his distorted mind here.
It's a low-security prison. Due to the nature of the crime and the degree of harm, the sentence of the prisoner is not particularly long, and he naturally has some hope and hope for his future life. In other words, after education and transformation, the plasticity of returning to society will be stronger.
These inmates have their own misfortunes and depravities on the road of life. Some of them are evil, and they have entered the high wall several times, and some of them have made a mistake and become a thousand years of hatred, and suddenly fall to the bottom of life, among which there are of course many people with various specialties and skills. Thinking about it this way, I feel that every face I see is not exactly full of ** and sin.
When I walked out of the prison, my mind was full of prison scenes, and I curiously looked up a lot of information about the prison, and knew that the earliest record of the prison began in the "Tang Law Shu Yi"."Gaotao made a prison"。During the reign of Emperor Shun, Gao Tao was appointed as a criminal justice officer and invented the legend of building a prison, and many records in ancient books regard him as the initiator of prisons. There is also an explanation that the prison began in the Xia Dynasty, when it was called"Palace", the Han Dynasty began to call it"Hell"It was only in the Qing Dynasty that it was officially renamed the prison and officially included in the Qing Dynasty, and it is still used today.
Throughout the ages, no matter what the prison is called, its system and system will always change with different social forms and different historical periods, and gradually mature and improve, and the role of the state apparatus is understandable and irreplaceable.
However, in today's new situation in prisons, punishment and reform are combined, with the purpose of reforming people, giving inmates the opportunity to change their minds, renew their lives, and give back to society, and various education and management are becoming more and more rational and civilized (to be continued).