过去,对外国监狱的了解仅限于书刊。虽然,资料并不陈旧,甚至有的内容还很鲜活,但总觉得并不能说就了解了完整意义上的西方监狱的全貌。每每在研讨会、讲课中提及外国监狱制度时,心中的底气不足,——毕竟是“二道贩子”。今年3月,有了一次赴意大利、瑞士考察监狱工作的机会,虽是走马观花,但所见所闻,还是让我感慨万千,自觉受益非浅。其实,早在清末,我国就注意研究 In the past, knowledge of foreign prisons was limited to books and periodicals. Although the information is not obsolete, and some are still fresh, it does not always seem that we can understand the complete picture of the western prison. Often in the seminar, lectures mentioned in the foreign prison system, the lack of confidence in the heart, after all, is the “two traffickers.” In March this year, there was a chance to visit prison work in Italy and Switzerland. Although it was a cursory look, what I saw and heard still made me feel filled with emotion and greatly benefited myself. In fact, as early as the late Qing Dynasty, our country paid attention to the study