External Inspection of Prisons
To ensure that external prison inspection panels function effectively, the Judicial Reform Foundation and the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (Covenants Watch) are working to compile good practices and key inspection focuses for external prison oversight. This work is currently ongoing.
2025
Establishing and Deepening the Independent External Inspection System of Correctional Institutions — A General Review of the External Inspection Reports of Institutions from the Second Term (Q4 of 2022 to Q3 of 2024)
As the second term of the external inspection teams has ended in the second half of 2024, the Judicial Reform…
2025
How to Establish and Deepen an Independent External Inspection System for Correctional Institutions: General Commentary on the External Inspection Reports of the Second Term (Q4 2022 to Q3 2024)
Following the comprehensive amendment and promulgation of the Enforcement Act of the Prison and the Enforcement Act of…
2024
Winter Reading Group｜Key Readers for Prison External Inspection Reports Needed!
The newly amended Prison Act was promulgated and came into effect in 2020. One of its key focuses is the establishment…
2024
Autumn Reading Group｜Critical Readers of Prison External Inspection Reports Needed!
We look forward to reading the inspection reports from various prison external oversight committees together. We will…
2024
Summer Reading Group | Key Readers for Prison External Inspection Reports, We Need You!
We look forward to reading the inspection reports from various prison external inspection committees together,…
2024
Press Conference: Ending the Chaos in Member Selection and Restoring the True Face of Independent Prison External Oversight Groups
Since the implementation of the new Prison Act and Detention Act on July 15, 2020, independent 'external oversight…
2024
Spring Reading Group｜Key Readers for Prison External Inspection Reports, We Need You!
We look forward to reading the inspection reports from various prison external inspection committees together,…
2023
Annual Review of the Second Term Prison External Inspection Reports (Q4 2022 – Q3 2023)
Members of the second term Prison External Inspection Committees assumed office around November 2022. Having operated…
2023
Winter Reading Group｜Critical Readers of Prison External Inspection Reports Wanted!
We invite friends from all walks of life to join us in reading the third-quarter prison external inspection reports for…
2023
2023 Autumn Reading Group｜Key Readers for Prison External Inspection Reports Needed!
We invite friends who care about prison issues and wish to contribute to become key readers of prison external…
2023
Workshop | Key Readers for Prison External Visitation Reports: We Need You!
The Grand Justices have declared that inmates are equally entitled to the protection of fundamental constitutional…
2023
Review on 2022 External Inspection Themes for Correctional Institutions | Countermeasures for Summer Heat
This article, "Review on 2022 External Inspection Themes for Correctional Institutions—Countermeasures for Summer…