Key points governing visits to inmates and rehab persons and sending articles to them

• Publication Date ： 2022-06-21
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Taiwan Taipei Prison Key points governing visits to inmates and rehab persons and sending articles to them
1.	The visit is granted according to the stipulations of Article 62 of the Prison Act and related laws.
2.	The visit must be done in the visit room but for sick inmates for management and control reasons, it may also be done in another appropriate place (including the use of close-circuit television).
3.	The visitors are limited to the close relatives of the inmate. Grade 4 inmates are allowed to meet their family members; Grade 3 and higher inmates are allowed to meet with less close relatives.
4.	Visits to inmates are governed by Article 56 of the Execution Act of Progressive Corrective Measures. The number of visits is regulated as follows:
	(1)	For Grade 4, not graded and non-graded inmates, the visit is once a week (seven days). In case of a holiday, the visit shall be postponed rather than advanced.
	(2)	For Grade 3 inmates, the visits shall be once or twice a week (once for every four days), and in case of a holiday, the visit shall be postponed rather than advanced.
	(3)	For Grade 2 inmates, the visit is three days a time, and in case of a holiday, the visit shall be postponed rather than advanced.
	(4)	For Grade 1 inmates, no restriction on the number of visit is imposed (but to avoid effect on other inmates and the prison’s operations, the visits are limited to once a day).
5.	Visitors to the same inmate are limited to two each time (there are only two seats in front of the communication window).
6.	Time for visit registration:
	(1)	07:30–11:30 and 13:30–16:00, Monday through Friday.
	(2)	The registration time is same for the first Sunday of each month.
	(3)	For national holidays and special cases, the time table will be announced separately.
7.	Under any of the following conditions,the visitor may be denied and the visit, suspended:
	(1)	Without an ID, domicile transcript, or other creditable document.
	(2)	The visitor has ever broken the prison’s rules or might do so.
	(3)	The visitor is drunken or deranged.
	(4)	The visitor carries a weapon or other contrabands.
	(5)	The visitor is a replacement or uses an assumed name.
	(6)	The visitor is an ex-inmate whose discharge has not exceeded half a year, but this rule does not apply if there is a special reason for the visit.
8.	The conversation time for a visit is limited to 30 minutes, but this may be shortened if many a inmate is visited.
9.	Only Chinese language may be used, and the use of signs and cryptic languages are banned. For a dumb or blind inmate, dactylology or Braille is allowed. In case of a foreign inmate, his native language or an international language may be used, but the visit may be called off if the rules are breached.
10.	The goods sent into the prison are limited to food.
11.	Because it is hot in summer, fish, shrimp and other kinds of perishable food are not allowed. Canned food is also not allowed because when the can is ripped open, the food inside cannot be kept fresh. (If canned food is required, it can be bought at the prison’s cooperative store at a lower than market price. The quality is guaranteed.
12.	All kinds of food sent into the prison are subjected to inspection. The amount is limited to less than two kilograms. No food that may impair the health of the inmate or is accompanied with dangerous articles and contrabands (like narcotics, cash, liquor, hallucinatory drugs) is allowed. Violations will be dealt with the law according to the gravity of the case.
13.	Photography is banned in the visit room and mobile phones must be shut off and not used.
14.	If the service time is over, the visitor may leave a message at the counter.
15.	Telephone service for visit inquiries (03 3205453) is available.
16.	These stipulations are subject to revision by the Prison Affairs Committee.

Stipulations for meeting an inmate via television
	(1)	To meet the need of control, short-circuit television meeting with inmates is applied to new, quarantined, seriously sick inmates, and those difficult to move inmates.
	(2)	These inmates are housed in Ho-1, Ho-2, Yi-1, Yi-2, Ping-1 and Ai-1 blocks.
Sending in goods
	(1)	Stand in line to register the articles for inspection.
	(2)	Limit the quantity of such goods to two kilograms.
	(3)	Post medicines, clothes, and document according to stipulations and not send contrabands and perishable and fluid food to the prison.
	(4)	Sending in contrabands into the prison will be punished.
	(5)	Wait at the side when goods are inspected for taking back the food and other items not allowed; otherwise, they will be discarded without notice.
	(6)	The following fruits and foods are not allowed because they can be easily made into wines and are difficult to inspect:
		a. Fruits:
		grape, grape tomato, cherry, strawberry, longan, litchi, shijia (sweet apple), durian, and sugar cane.
		b. Foods:
		pig foot, salad, rou sung (shredded fried pork), toasted pork slices, pickled vegetables, cakes, filled food, drinks, canned food, fruit candies, condiments, not husked peanuts and not skinned peanut seeds, not skinned garlic, and candies.