20世纪以来,世界一体化的进程使得各国监狱的功能和运行走向趋同。监狱由此成为各国刑罚执行机关的代名词,承担了和谐与稳定、公平与正义等诸多功能。法治下的监狱,更被视为人类社会文明进步的标志。自狱制改良兴起之后,监狱进人现代语境,既成为一国的法治建设实践之地,更是一国法治文明的浓缩之所。然而,在新的社会阶段,监狱实践的困境与悖论却让人清醒地看到,现代监狱法治 Since the 20th century, the process of world integration has brought the functions and operations of prisons in various countries toward convergence. As a result, prisons have become synonymous with penal institutions in various countries and have assumed many functions of harmony and stability, fairness and justice. Prisons under the rule of law are even more regarded as symbols of the progress of civilization in human society. Since the improvement of prison system, the prison into the modern context, both as a country in the construction of the rule of law practice place, but also the concentration of a civilized civilization. However, in the new social stage, the plight and paradox of prison practice make people soberly realize that the modern rule of law in prisons