REHABILITATION

1.Stressing the rehabilitation and education purpose of the prison

(1) Individual consultation: in-person consultation based on each inmate's background.
(2) Group: lecture by teachers or professionals
(3) Lecture: by crime category
(4) Religious: Buddhism temples and churches are available for religious belief, religious groups are invited for rehabilitation and education.To enhance the corrective results, the prison has utilized social resources and invited professionals and volunteers to assist in rehabilitation and education.

2.Progressive treatment, shortening the sentence, and parole system
(1) Progressive grade treatment For inmates sentenced to terms of more than six months, aprogressive grade system will be executed. This system consists of four levels, each credited with different credits by terms to be served. When the credits are written off, apromotion will be given, going from Level Four, Level Three, Level Two, to Level One, progressively, with treatments from severe to relent, in order to achieve the objectives of imprisonment.
(2) Shortening the prison term Inmates, after advancing to level 3 or higher, can reduce their sentence (two days for level 3, four days for level 2, six days for level 1) if obtaining 10 points during that month.
(3) Parole Inmates, after advancing to level 2 or higher and completing 15 years of imprisonment for life sentence and 20 years for recidivist,or completing half of the sentence for fix-term imprisonment and two third of the sentence for recidivist,may be granted parole upon approval by the Parole Evaluation Committee and the Ministry of Justice.
3.Recreational activitiecs To enrich the quality of life of the inmates and improve their well-being, the prison holds a number of activities including:
(1) TV or music appreciation in spare time.
(2) Educational and motivational movie appreciation.
(3) Ball, chess, wall painting, calligraphy, and writing contests.
(4) Performance or lecturers by social activists.
(5) Book club to encourage reading.