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Chapter 6 Edification, Culture and Entertainment
Article 29
Collective, group or individual counseling referred to under Paragraph 3, Article 40 of the Act shall be organized in the following manners:
1. Collective counseling: Counseling by community through lectures, speeches, audio-visual materials or in other proper manners.
2. Group counseling: Counseling provided by category based on common treatment requirements through group lectures, teamwork, group discussions or in other proper manners.
3. Individual counseling: Provided by counselors targeting prisoners’ individual situations through sessions or in other proper manners.
Counseling in the preceding paragraph shall be provided in proper locations and records shall be made.
Article 30
Prisons may provide edification programs that are helpful to prisoners’ social lives and personality development, either on their own or by inviting external organizations or individuals.
Prisons may ask prisoners with special knowledge to assist with the participation, implementation or guidance of relevant edification affairs.
Article 31
Prisons shall organize various activities either on their own or together with external partners and shall exercise care to the protection of the privacy of prisoners and Family.
Article 32
Prisons shall respect prisoners’ religious freedom and shall not force prisoners to participate in religious activities or engage in religion-related acts.
Prisons shall allow prisoners to worship in reasonable manners in accordance with their religious beliefs and maintain the prisoners’ needs for religious beliefs.
Article 33
The supervisory authority shall establish a plan in accordance with Article 42 of the Act for the promotion of mediation and repair to facilitate execution by Prisons.
Article 34
Prisons shall provide proper information equipment in accordance with Paragraph 4, Article 44 of the Act, including relevant photocopying equipment, for prisoners’ use through applications and at their own cost.
Article 35
In providing radio, television facilities, information equipment or audio-visual equipment to implement edification in accordance with Paragraph 1, Article 45 of the Act, Prisons shall perform careful review to the materials or contents, and shall follow intellectual property protection and applicable legislations.
Article 36
Prisons shall follow Paragraph 3, Article 45 of the Act and adopt proper and necessary measures in relation to special needs, such as visual and audio needs, of prisoners with physical or mental disabilities.
Prisons may provide proper assistance to the prisoners who have difficulty understanding relevant affairs of Prisons due to lack of understanding of Mandarin or other reasons.