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
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…
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
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…
2023
Evaluation and Commentary on the 2021 Q4 External Visitation Reports
Following the publication of the 2021 Q4 external visitation reports, interns and volunteers reviewed the reports…
2023
General Review of the First Term Prison External Visitation Reports (Q4 2020 to Q3 2022)
The JRF has reviewed and provided commentary on all quarterly visitation reports submitted by the first-term prison…
2023
Review of External Inspection Reports for the First to Third Quarters of 2022
According to Article 17 of the Implementation Measures for External Inspection Panels of Prisons and Detention Centers,…
2022
The "Prison External Inspection Panel" Must Possess Greater Independence and Proactivity
The "Prison External Inspection Panel" is a new system heavily emphasized by civil society groups that participated in…
2022
Op-Ed | Bringing Sunlight into Correctional Facilities: Expectations for the Selection of External Prison Visitors
On July 15, 2020, the newly enacted Prison Act and Detention Act took effect. One of the highlights of this reform was…
2022
Reflections from an External Inspection Report Reading Volunteer | Starting with Empathy: Small Efforts Can Add Up to Great Strength
Before we begin, we would like to ask: when you see the words "prison" or "detention center," what comes to mind? Some…
2022
Annual Review | Commentary on the 2021 Q1-Q3 Correctional External Inspection Reports and the Establishment of External Inspection Panels
External inspection panels at correctional institutions have now been operating for more than a year, and less than a…
2021
Comments and Recommendations on Q4 2020 External Inspection Reports for Correctional Institutions
After the amended Prison Act and Detention Act introduced independent external inspection panels, the first quarterly…