Comparison between Open Prison and Ordinary Prison

• Publication Date ： 2021-08-19
• Last updated：2021-08-19
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Comparison between the Current Implementation of Rehabilitative Measures in Open Prisons and those in Other Ordinary Prisons
		Implementation of Rehabilitative Measures of Open Prisons	Implementation of Rehabilitative Measures of Other Ordinary Prisons
Shortened Imprisonment	Conditions	Due to the out-of-prison inmates, their imprisonment could be shortened. We start to validate it from their second-month of imprisonment. Every month, their imprisonment could be shortened after the Prison Affairs Committee decides and authorizes it. The relevant authorities are to be informed so as to keep a record.	Those ordinary-prison inmates whose progressive implementation of rehabilitative measures is upgraded to the 3rd level at least obtain 10 grades in their monthly evaluation. Every month, their imprisonment could be shortened after the Prison Affairs Committee decides and authorizes it. The relevant authorities are to be informed so as to keep a record.
	Number of Days	For those unclassified or 4th-level inmates, their imprisonment is shortened by 2 days monthly. For those 3rd-level inmates, their imprisonment is shortened by 4 days monthly. For those 2nd-level inmates, their imprisonment is shortened by 8 days monthly.For those 1st-level inmates, their imprisonment is shortened by16 days monthly.	For those 3rd-level inmates, their imprisonment is shortened by2 days monthly.For those 2nd-level inmates, their imprisonment is shortened by 4 days monthly. For those 1st-level inmates, their imprisonment is shortened by 8 days monthly.
Overnight Stays with family members or relatives	Conditions	1.Out-of-prison inmates obtain 9 grades in their latest monthly evaluation without having non-outdoor-activity punishment. After the Prison Affairs Committee decides and authorizes the application, inmates are allowed to stay overnight with their spouses or relatives of a direct or linear relationship and blood connection in a designated dormitory. 2.The application is only once a month. In principle, each stay is not more than 7 days.	1. Those ordinary-prison inmates whose progressive implementation of rehabilitative measures is upgraded to the 1st level at least obtain 9 grades at least in their latest monthly evaluation and have no outdoor-activity punishment. After the Prison Affairs Committee decides and authorizes the application, inmates are allowed to stay with their spouses or relatives of a direct or linear relationship and blood connection in a designated dormitory. 2. This application is allowed only once a month. In principle, each stay is not more than 7 days.
Home visit	Conditions	1. For those out-of-prison who have relatives of a direct or linear relationship and blood connection, spouses or other family members who used to live together and whose work grade has achieve 80% of the highest grades as regulated and who have no record of rule violations, they are entitled to apply for a home visit at weekends or during holidays. 2. For those 1st-level inmates or those who have not served more than one year and 6 months, they can apply for a home visit once a month. For the 2nd-level inmates, they can apply for a home visit once every 2 months. For the 3rd-level inmates, they can apply for a home visit once every 3 months.	The ordinary-prison inmates are allowed to apply for a home visit when their grandparents, or parents, or the parents of their spouses, or their spouses, or children or brothers or sisters pass away; or if other serious accidents which happen require them to return back for a visit (it must be reported to and authorized by the Ministry of Justice). They are allowed to go back home for a visit under the protection and control of our prison controlling official. But they must return to the prison within 24 hours.
Other implementation of rehabilitative measures	Ways of meeting	The method of meeting is open and face-to-face. The time of the meeting shall be enough for our inmates to talk to their family and to improve their relationship and contacts.	The way of meetings is private. Our inmates and their family can talk to each other via walkie-talkie. Besides, the time of their meetings are rather short.
	Living space	1. The wards offer large beds. They are spacious. Each inmate has his or her personal bed. 2. Most of the work for inmates is either in the outdoor activities of agriculture and animal husbandry or as a hired hand. The space for these activities is broad.	1. The wards are separated and locked. The space is rather narrow and crowded. 2. Most of the work for inmates is in an indoor workplace. The space for their activities is restricted.
	Management of living	No-fence limit. An open and autonomous management at a low degree is adopted.	A highly closed management system is adopted.