Article 51 The clothes of prisoners shall be uniformly distributed by the prison.
Article 52 Special living habits of ethnic minority criminals should be taken care of.
In practice, the living standard of prisoners cannot be lower than that of local residents according to regulations. Prisons ensure that prisoners are "well fed, cooked and hygienic" and improve their holiday life. Specific meals are generally arranged in combination with local eating habits.
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of correctly executing criminal punishments, punishing and reforming criminals, and preventing and reducing crimes.
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.
Article 4 A prison shall supervise prisoners according to law, organize prisoners to participate in productive labor and provide ideological, cultural and technical education to prisoners according to the needs of reforming prisoners.
Article 5 The activities of the prison people's police in managing prisons according to law, executing punishments and educating and reforming criminals are protected by law.
Article 6 People's procuratorates shall supervise the legality of prison execution of criminal activities according to law.