Why do most countries have prisons where prisoners shave their heads?

Prison is militarized management, and that a lot of prisoners were basically dyed hair, long hair, must be shaved off, the army soldiers are basically short hair, prisoners are all bald.

Why do prisoners shave their heads

January 04, 2006 prairiedreams.com Source:

Male criminals are shaved in prison as soon as they are incarcerated - not only is it a practice, but it also seems to be the natural, natural, and mandatory thing to do so i Since I was a child, I have seen so many male criminals, without exception, have been shaved bald. I was used to this, until one day a question popped into my head: do prisons have the right to force criminals to shave their heads?

The other day, I witnessed a group of male criminals being escorted to the transfer, all of them are big bald, and the surrounding crowd carefully combed fashionable hairstyle formed an extremely strong contrast, then my heart thumped: love of beauty, everyone has, but why criminals have shaved their heads? Why did the criminals shave their heads? Was it by choice or by force? The government is also trying to improve the quality of life in the country, but it has not yet done so," he said.

Through the "People's Republic of China **** and the State Prison Law", did not see criminals into the prison must shave their hair provisions, also did not see the law to give the prison to the criminals to shave their heads. Instead, the Act clearly states that "the personality of criminals shall not be insulted." And forcibly shaving a criminal's hair is clearly an insult to the criminal. In a modern society governed by the rule of law, for private rights, no prohibition is freedom; for public rights, no authorization is prohibited. Prisons forcibly shave the hair of criminals, there is no legal basis, to put it mildly is inappropriate, to put it more seriously is a violation of the rights of criminals.

How to get a haircut should be the right of every person from birth, is a natural human right. Whether in our country, or in foreign countries, hair is not trivial. Some people use "hair" to express their will, such as the end of the Qing Dynasty, men to cut off the pigtails to express the break with the old times. Some people use their hair to show their attitude towards life, such as some ancient poets in China, who wore a special high hairstyle to show that they were different and had high aspirations. More people take hair as a carrier of beauty, carefully combed, as the pursuit of beauty. Hair is even a matter of life and death. When the Qing soldiers entered the border at the end of the Ming Dynasty, "keep your hair but not your head, and keep your head but not your hair", and at that time, many people would rather die than keep their hair for the sake of their own beliefs. This shows the extreme importance of hair.

Criminals are also human beings and have a love of beauty. On the one hand, their pursuit of beauty is a purification of the soul; on the other hand, beauty for them is also an inspiration and power to urge them to live well and be human again.

Criminals who commit crimes and go to prison, of course, lose some of their rights, including a certain degree of freedom, to accept the punishment of the law, as a way to clear their crimes and warn the world. But criminals do not completely lose all their rights. The author thinks that prisons should not force criminals to shave their heads, and criminals have every right to keep their favorite hairstyles (as long as such hairstyles do not hinder others, do not affect the serving of their sentences, and do not interfere with the work of the prison).

The judiciary arrests criminals and puts them in prison, and does not only focus on the punishment of criminals, but more importantly, the rehabilitation of criminals. Article 3 of the General Provisions of Chapter 1 of the Prisons Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China clearly stipulates, "Prisons shall implement the principle of combining punishment and reform, education and labor for criminals, and shall reform criminals into law-abiding citizens." Rehabilitation of criminals, although there are many methods, but in any case can not let the beauty of the absence of the convicts, we must educate the convicts of beauty, to let the convicts feel the beauty of the moment, so that the beauty of the convicts to the full inculcation of the convicts, not only to let the convicts to see the beauty of the surrounding environment, the beauty of the hearts of the advanced people, but also to try to make their own in the unrestricted range of the United States of America, to the pursuit of the beauty of the pursuit of the United States, such as stay a favorite hairstyle. And this is extremely important in the process of reforming criminals into law-abiding citizens. If prisons make criminals lose their love of beauty, the work of prisons will be a failure, and criminals will never be rehabilitated.

The right of criminals to have their own hair, on the surface, seems to be a small "detail", but in fact it is not. If every authority in every "detail", can be reasonable use of public power, can fully respect the rights of citizens, China's construction of a modern socialist rule of law to speed up the process. We are pleased to see that, over the years, the judicial organs of the due rights of criminals more and more respect for the management of criminals more and more in accordance with the law, more and more humane, as long as the law does not prohibit, will try to meet the requirements of criminals. For example, Cai Menglin, a 21-year-old young man from Qianjiang District in Chongqing Municipality, was allowed to ask for a photo with his family before he was executed by firing squad, making him the first death-row prisoner in China to have a photo taken with his family before his execution (Dongfang.com, April 12, 2003). Another example is that on January 8, 2003, while serving his sentence, Zhang Yao Hui wrote a written report to the Yongzhou City Detention Center requesting leave to get married, and finally the Ministry of Public Security made an approval for the marriage, which made Zhang Yao Hui the first convict serving his sentence in the country to be allowed to get married (Xinhua, May 16, 2003).

The author feels that in a modern society governed by the rule of law, the due rights of all people should be respected and upheld, for only in this way can everyone's rights be respected and upheld. The author's reason for pursuing the rights of criminals about their hair, the intention is also in this. Source: People's Daily Online

In fact, prisoners shave their heads is the domestic prison for a long time a kind of unwritten management regulations. Because it is not only easy for prison management (such as hygiene, to prevent items hidden in the hair), but also very easy to distinguish. Once a prisoner escapes, it's easy to recognize and spot the target when apprehending, even if the criminal wears a wig in disguise. I'm afraid the necessary measures were taken based on this idea in the first place. Baldness, like serving a prison sentence, is a form of punishment for prisoners, warning them not to engage in criminal activities in the future. The "humanistic concern" for the prisoners is not reflected in whether or not they are bald, but in their rehabilitation activities, which should be of real concern to them, to purify their minds and to help them reintegrate into society and start a new life.

This traditional practice is gradually changing as judicial civilization advances. Haikou, Shanghai and other places have abolished this mandatory requirement, prisoners can stay plate inch head, which also reflects the humanization of prison management towards.