曾经有个时期,罪犯可以被判服劳役刑。
Criminals could at one time be sentenced to penal servitude .
刺配刑是从汉代以来的有关劳役刑发展而来的,在宋代盛行,是当时司法活动中的主要量刑方式。
Tattooing the face of a criminal and sending him into exile grew up from the penal servitude torture of HAN Dynasty .