1, with different properties. Reform through labor is a penalty execution measure, and reeducation through labor is an administrative compulsory measure;

2. The applicable objects are different. The object of reeducation through labor is criminals, and the object of reeducation through labor is people who violate the law and public security management;

3. The application procedures are different. Reeducation through labor needs the decision of the court, and it is decided by the public security department;

4. The execution place is different. Reeducation through labor is carried out in detention centers, detention centers, prisons and other places. And reeducation through labor is carried out in reeducation through labor;

5. The implementation period is different. The maximum term of reeducation through labor is life imprisonment, and the maximum term of reeducation through labor is four years;

6. The legal consequences are different. If the reform-through-labor object commits another crime or becomes a recidivist, the recidivism of the reform-through-labor object does not constitute a recidivist.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Prison Law.

Article 2 A prison is an organ of the state that executes criminal punishments.

According to the provisions of the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law, criminals sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment shall execute their sentences in prison.

Article 3 A prison shall implement the principle of combining punishment with reform and combining education with labor, and transform criminals into law-abiding citizens.