First of all, in a broad sense, a detention center is a place where criminals and major criminal suspects are temporarily detained. The detention center is an organ that detains criminal suspects who have been arrested and detained according to law. A criminal sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year, or a criminal whose remaining sentence is not more than one year, may also be supervised by a detention center. The task of the detention center is to arm and guard the detained criminal suspects in accordance with national laws to ensure safety; Educating criminal suspects; Manage the life hygiene of criminal suspects; Ensure the smooth progress of investigation, prosecution and trial.

According to Article 2 of the Regulations on Detention Centers, a detention center is an organ that holds criminals who have been arrested according to law and criminally detained. A criminal sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year, or a criminal whose remaining sentence is not more than one year, may also be supervised by a detention center. Article 3 The task of a detention center is to put detainees on armed alert in accordance with national laws to ensure their safety. Educate offenders; Manage the life and health of criminals; Ensure the smooth progress of investigation, prosecution and trial. Secondly, the guard force is set up in the administrative area above the county level and is under the jurisdiction of the public security organs at the same level.