(接上期) (三)科学 监狱存在的法律意义是对罪犯实施惩罚和改造。贯彻落实“以改造人为宗旨”的监狱工作方针,将罪犯改造成为“守法公民”,不仅是一项法律任务,而且是中国特色监狱工作的根本标志。 当下,我们所面对的是我国由计划经济向市场经济的转型,由传统社会向现代社会转轨的大背景。在社会经济成份、组织形式、 (Continued) (3) The legal significance of the existence of a science prison is to punish and reform the criminals. To implement the prison principle of “reforming people for the purpose of” and transforming criminals into “law-abiding citizens” is not only a legal task, but also a fundamental sign of prison work with Chinese characteristics. Nowadays, what we are facing is the background of our country’s transition from a planned economy to a market economy and from a traditional society to a modern one. In the social and economic components, organizational forms,