External Inspection of Prisons

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.

28Nov.
2024

Winter Reading Group|Key Readers for Prison External Inspection Reports Needed!

Association for Taiwan Judicial Reform

The newly amended Prison Act was promulgated and came into effect in 2020. One of its key focuses is the establishment…

30Aug.
2024

Autumn Reading Group|Critical Readers of Prison External Inspection Reports Needed!

Judicial Reform Foundation

We look forward to reading the inspection reports from various prison external oversight committees together. We will…

04Jun.
2024

Summer Reading Group | Key Readers for Prison External Inspection Reports, We Need You!

Association for Judicial Reform, Taiwan

We look forward to reading the inspection reports from various prison external inspection committees together,…

17Feb.
2024

Spring Reading Group|Key Readers for Prison External Inspection Reports, We Need You!

Judicial Reform Foundation

We look forward to reading the inspection reports from various prison external inspection committees together,…

25Nov.
2023

Winter Reading Group|Critical Readers of Prison External Inspection Reports Wanted!

Association for Taiwan Judicial Reform

We invite friends from all walks of life to join us in reading the third-quarter prison external inspection reports for…

01Jul.
2023

Workshop | Key Readers for Prison External Visitation Reports: We Need You!

Judicial Reform Foundation

The Grand Justices have declared that inmates are equally entitled to the protection of fundamental constitutional…

11May.
2021

Workshop | Become a Key Reader of External Inspection Reports for Correctional Institutions

Judicial Reform Foundation

JRF is recruiting participants to read and discuss the first external inspection reports issued under the amended…

05May.
2020

Volunteer Recruitment for the CSOs' Guidelines and Reference Materials Construction Project on Prison External Inspection!

Judicial Reform Foundation

The new Prison Act and Detention Act were promulgated in January 2020 and took effect in July 2020. Both acts introduce…