50年来,劳教制度一直是维护社会稳定的重要手段,一个机关、一张处罚决定可以较长时间地限制一个人的人身自由,使陈述权、复议权、申辩权均流于形式。然而,时至今日,这项法律依据先天不足、运行机制有悖法治精神的制度在合法性与合理性上遍遭诟病与质疑。人们期待已久的《违法行为教育矫治法》能否根治沉疴呢? In the past 50 years, the system of labor camp education has always been an important means of safeguarding social stability. An organ and a punishment decision can restrict one’s personal freedom for a long period of time so that the right to make statements, the right to make a reconsideration and the right of defense all fall into the same form. However, up to now, the system based on the law is inherently inadequate and the operating mechanism is contrary to the spirit of the rule of law has been criticized and questioned on the legality and rationality. People long-awaited “illegal behavior education correction law” can cure it?