One refers to the detention decision directly made by the people's court in the process of civil and administrative litigation or court execution, which hinders litigation activities (such as perjury, impact on the court, obstruction of witnesses to testify, concealment, transfer of seized and detained property, obstruction of court staff to perform official duties, evasion of execution). And it is a compulsory measure, based on the Civil Procedure Law or the Administrative Procedure Law, and the longest period is fifteen days.

There is another kind in judicial custody: Article 134 of the General Principles of the Civil Law stipulates that when trying civil cases, the people's courts may admonish the actors who seriously violate civil legal norms and bear civil responsibilities, order them to make a statement of repentance, confiscate the property and illegal income of illegal activities, and may impose fines and detention according to law. It can be seen that the detention stipulated in the General Principles of the Civil Law is a kind of punishment that the people's court imposes short-term restrictions on the personal freedom of the perpetrators who seriously violate civil legal norms in the name of the state. This is the most severe punishment in civil sanctions.

A sentencing method stipulated in China's criminal law.

Criminal detention is a short-term practice of depriving criminals of their freedom and working nearby.

Criminal detention shall be carried out by public security organs in the nearest detention center, detention center or other places of supervision. During the execution, prisoners can go home for a day or two every month, and they can be paid as appropriate if they take part in labor.