As the national penalty execution organ，prisons undertake the important task of punishing and reforming criminals. It is the common goal of the prisons and the society to reform criminals and transform them into law-abiding citizens. As an integral part of the education and reform of criminals，social assistance and education plays an increasingly important role. In order to transform criminals into law-abiding citizens，while educating and reforming the criminals，prison police should also mobilize the social resources to help and educate them. Tengzhou Prison of Shandong Province attaches great importance to social assistance and education，constantly strengthens the linkage between departments，expands the coverage of social assistance and education，actively explores and implements the “5+1” social assistance and education model，fully integrates resources and gives play to social forces to reform criminals，setting up a bridge that connects the inside and outside of the wall and gains popularity，achieving good legal and social benefits and effectively promoting social stability and harmony.