当前,我国的监狱正处在改革的关键时期,改革的前提是寻找自身的不足和差距,在理解传统监狱行刑理念的基础上,用全新的行刑观念指导监狱工作,推进监狱体制改革与创新。本文首先对传统监狱行刑制度进行了反思,分析了现代监狱行刑制度形成的外在环境,并揭示了由传统走向现代的监狱行刑制度的内涵。 At present, the prison of our country is in the crucial period of reform. The precondition of the reform is to find its own shortcomings and gaps. On the basis of understanding the concept of execution in traditional prisons, a new concept of execution is used to guide prison work and promote the institutional reform and innovation of the prison. This article first reviews the traditional prison execution system, analyzes the external environment of the modern prison execution system and reveals the connotation of the prison execution system from the traditional to the modern.