《中华人民共和国刑法修正案(八)》(简称《刑八》,下同),对刑罚执行工作的影响是多方面的,有以下方面问题需要深入研究。一、押犯人数将不断增加与押犯场所紧张的问题一是《刑八》虽然减少了死刑罪名,却增加了生刑的期限。原《刑法》中有期徒刑数罪并罚总和刑 The Amendment to the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China (8) (hereinafter referred to as “Punishment 8”, the same below) has many implications for the execution of criminal penalties. The following problems need further study. First, the number of prisoners will continue to increase tension with the piling places First, although the “penalty eight” to reduce the death penalty charges, but increased the deadline for life sentence. The original “Criminal Law” in the number of imprisonment and the total penalty