Chapter III Admission and Discharge
Article 20
The following procedure should be instituted during the admission of a juvenile into a juvenile detention house:
1. Check juvenile’s ID card or the official documents signed by the court justice or prosecutor.
2. Prepare the juvenile’s investigation chart and personal information card, and obtain fingerprint specimens and photographs of juvenile.
3. Inspect body and clothing of the juvenile inmates; for female juveniles, a female staff or officer should conduct the inspection.
4. Assign the cell or room and inmate ID number of juvenile inmates.
Article 21
The juvenile detention house cannot release any juvenile inmate, excepting for having the official notice issued from the jurisdictional justice or prosecutor.
Article 22
On the matter of juvenile detention inmates due for release, release may be processed on the same day on which the detention house has received the official notice of release. Before releasing, the detention house shall make the inmates to press their fingerprints, and compare the fingerprints with those shown on the investigation charts. For juveniles sent to the court, the justice or the prosecutor shall notify the detention house when the inmate is acquitted immediately.
Article 23
In case juvenile inmates are sent to the reformatory, the investigation charts, status lists, and detention house assessment records of the juveniles should be provided along with the transfer.
Article 24
In case of demise of a juvenile inmate during incarceration, the justice and prosecutor of the jurisdictional court and the family of the inmates should be notified immediately.