Chapter 3 Enforcement of Reformatory Schools
Section 3 Living and Discipline
Article 69
The student living and discipline shall be enforced by counseling and rehabilitation to help the Students maintain good living habits and improve their living adaptability.
Students representatives of the second grade or above under the progressive treatment system may participate in the stipulation or rectification of student living rules. Each class may stipulate its own living convention in accordance with the said rules.
Article 70
The management of student accommodations shall employ classes as the range. Students shall live together with different categories. With regard to those who are under twelve (12) years old, the accommodations shall be family type in principle.
Students of detention and students of imprisonment shall live separately.
Where a Student above age of twelve (12) seriously violates the group living rules, he/she may live individually. The duration of individual living shall not exceed five (5) days each time.
Article 71
Students are prohibited to use tobacco, alcohol, and betel nuts.
Article 72
Students may read the books that are given to them or brought by themselves, if the books are deemed harmless to the enforcement of correctional education or student learning by the Reformatory School after the inspection.
Article 73
Students may have interviews with their family and friends. However, if deemed harmful to the enforcement of correctional education or student learning, the interviews may be prohibited or restrained. Regulations governing student interviews shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Justice.
Students may send and receive letters. The Reformatory School may also review the letters. In the event of the proviso of the preceding paragraph, if the letter is sent by a Student, the letter may be sent after the Institution explains the reasons and deletes the content upon his/her consent; if the letter is received by a Student, he/she letter may be delivered to the Student after the Institution explains the reasons and deletes the content upon his/her consent. Where a Student refuses to delete the content, the student may be prohibited to sent or receive such a letter.
Article 74
With those who are under imprisonment, detention, or reformatory education for over six (6) months, in order to encourage those Students to improve themselves and adapt to the social lives, they shall be graded and treated by progressive means.
The student progressive treatment shall be assessed in three aspects: counseling, behavior, and learning. Regulations governing the assessment personnel and grading shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Justice.
The treatment referred to in Paragraph 1 shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Additionally, with regard to those under the enforcement of imprisonment and detention, the relevant provisions of the Prison Act and the Progressive Treatment of Punishment Act shall apply. With regard to those under the enforcement of reformatory education, the relevant provisions of the Rehabilitative Disposition Execution Act shall apply.
Article 75
With regard to those who suffer from diseases, if the Reformatory School deems that the Students may not receive appropriate treatment in the Institution, the Students may be sent to a hospital under guard or be bailed out for medical treatment after the Ministry of Justice grants its approval. However, if at a state of emergency, such a situation may be handled in advance then immediately reported to the Ministry of Justice for review.
With those who are sent to a hospital under guard as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the duration shall be calculated in the enforcement duration. With those who are bailed out for medical treatment, the duration shall not be calculated in the enforcement duration.
When handling the situation referred to in Paragraph 1, the parents, custodian, or closest relatives of the Students shall be informed.
Article 76
Where the Students who suffer from diseases as referred to in the preceding article request to call a doctor to diagnose and give treatment at the Institution at their own expense, such requests shall be approved.