我国从原始社会进入到奴隶社会以后,随着阶级和国家的产生,也便产生了监狱,用于囚禁战俘和罪犯。但在那时,由于生产力水平极端低下,不可能造出象现在这样森严壁垒的监狱,而只能是构筑极简易、极粗陋的监狱。丛棘,就是当时设置的一种拘禁战俘和罪犯的场所,也是我国古代最早的监狱形态之一。 After our country entered the slave society from primitive society, with the emergence of classes and countries, we have also created prisons to imprison prisoners of war and criminals. At that time, however, it was impossible to create prisons that are as guarded as the present because of the extremely low level of productivity, but only to construct a simple and extremely poor prison. Congchuan, was set at the time of a prisoner of prisoners and prisoners of war, but also one of the earliest form of ancient prisons in our country.