Prison uniform refers to the uniform clothes prepared for criminals by China's labor reform organs. After entering the prison, all prisoners wear prison clothes. Prisons and reform-through-labour teams shall be arranged in a unified way according to the principles of keeping out the cold and saving money. After the prisoner was released from prison, the prison and reform-through-labour team took back his prison uniform. A set of casual clothes can be issued to released prisoners who have no clothes to change.
The colors and styles of prison uniforms are formulated by the reform-through-labour bureaus of all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in accordance with the principle of civilized management, and small symbols are printed on the left chest and surface of prison uniforms for identification, but it is forbidden to print the words "reform-through-labour" or "prisoner" on prison uniforms.
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The Supreme Law and the Ministry of Public Security jointly formulated and issued the Notice on the Dress of Criminal Defendants or Appellants in Court (hereinafter referred to as the Notice). The requirement that defendants in criminal cases are prohibited from appearing in court in prison uniforms is formally observed in law. On February 26th, the Supreme Law explicitly prohibited defendants in criminal cases from appearing in court in prison uniforms.
The notice clearly requires that when the people's court is in session, the criminal defendant or appellant will no longer wear the detention center logo suit to appear in court for trial. After the "Notice" is issued, criminal defendants or appellants wear formal clothes or casual clothes to appear in court for trial, and they do not need to apply on their own initiative, nor do they need the approval of any institution or individual.
At the same time, the notice specifically stipulates that if the people's court takes the criminal defendant or appellant in custody to the detention center, the detention center shall hand over the criminal defendant or appellant detained in formal clothes or casual clothes to the people's court. After the "Notice" is issued, the criminal defendant or appellant in custody who wears identification clothes in the detention center due to regulatory needs shall change the identification clothes into formal clothes or casual clothes in the detention center.
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