
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.

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
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
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
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…

2021
Workshop | Become a Key Reader of External Inspection Reports for Correctional Institutions
JRF is recruiting participants to read and discuss the first external inspection reports issued under the amended…

2020
Volunteer Recruitment for the CSOs' Guidelines and Reference Materials Construction Project on Prison External Inspection!
The new Prison Act and Detention Act were promulgated in January 2020 and took effect in July 2020. Both acts introduce…