Minutes of the Prison Visit Project Policy Forum

The overcrowding crisis in Taiwan's prisons is nothing new. Yet beyond facing severe congestion, life for inmates inside correctional facilities remains almost entirely opaque to the outside world. Therefore, from July to August this year, civil society groups including the Taiwan Association for Prisoners' Rights, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, and the Judicial Reform Foundation established a workshop to recruit participants from various sectors and conduct batch visits to six correctional facilities across the northern, central, southern, and eastern regions. The findings were compiled into visit reports, and a policy forum was held on November 1 at the Taiwan International House to engage in exchanges with official representatives from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Agency of Corrections under the Ministry of Justice.

1. Meeting materials provided by the presenter on the day
2. Minutes of each session
   • [Session 1]Medical, Health, and Mental Hygiene
   • [Session 2]Grievances and Custody Guards
   • [Session 3]Labor and Differentiation
   • [Session 4]Human Rights of Detained Defendants
   • General Discussion