The format of the Chinese and English editions is basically the same: The first chapter contains a general description, the second is about penal reform-through-labor, the third is on reform- through-labor training, the fourth is on the system of forced employment and the fifth is on the recent situation.
兩書的正文大抵相同，第一章為概述，第二章為判刑勞改，第三章為勞動教養，第四章為強制就業，第五章為勞改近況。