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Chapter IV Management
Article 19
Illicit drug abusers under treatment shall be incarcerated in segregate sections or wings pursuant to the gravity of their conditions. However, solitary incarceration may be imposed on an illicit drug abuser under treatment upon the approval of the drug abuser treatment center director du to the enforcement of his/her drug abuse treatment or the institution of a disciplinary action for his/her violation of communal living regulations.
Article 20
The drug abuser treatment center is required to conduct unscheduled urine screening tests on illicit drug abusers under treatment constantly.
Article 21
Types and quantities of essential items sent to the illicit drug abusers under treatment should be strictly limited.
No outside food or beverage may be provided to illicit drug abusers under treatment; however, during the following special occasions calling for the provision of outside food or beverage, acceptance shall be allowed pursuant to the preceding paragraph:
1. The Chinese News Year’s Eve and first five days of the Chinese lunar calendar.
2. January 1 and 2, Mother’s Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Father’s Day, and Mid-Autumn Festival.
The regulations and implementation procedures governing the types and quantities of the essential items, food and beverage provided in preceding two paragraphs shall be subject to the discretion of the Ministry of Justice.
Article 22
An illicit drug abuser under treatment may correspond with and receive visitations of next of kin and close relatives. During the psychological counseling period, an illicit drug abuser under treatment may correspond with and receive visitations of relatives and non-relatives where such correspondences or visitations shall be beneficial to the enforcement of the drug abuse treatment; such correspondences or visitations shall be authorized upon the approval of the drug abuser treatment center director.
Visitations or letters stated in preceding Paragraph shall be limited or prohibited under one of the following circumstances:
1. Correspondences contain deceitful, derogatory, intimidating or other improper messages that may cause emotional pressure or distress to the illicit drug abuser under treatment.
2. Codes, ciphers, and other secret methods are used making understanding or inspection impossible.
3. Collaboration with perpetrators, co-perpetrators, or witnesses to enable escape or the destruction, forgery, or fabrication of false evidence is suspected.
4. Information involves the security system and facility layout of the drug abuser treatment center and may likely affect the security of the drug abuser treatment center.
5. Demand for provision of money or materials that are beyond the daily living requirements or medical requirements of the illicit drug abusers under treatment and such demands are in violation of the very principles of the mandatory drug abuse treatment program.
6. Other matters that may likely affect the impartial and proper treatment implementation of the drug abuser treatment center.
The visitation stated in Paragraph 1 shall have a maximum frequency of one visit per week for a maximum duration of thirty minutes; however, where circumstances require and upon the approval of the drug abuser treatment center director, frequency or duration of visit may be extended.
The drug abuser treatment center shall read and inspect all correspondences for and from the illicit drug abusers under treatment; where a suspicion of any of the circumstances stated in paragraph 2 is noted, and the sender is an illicit drug abusers under treatment, he/she shall be asked to present underlying reasons for such statements and thereafter ordered to remove said statements; thereafter correspondence may be sent. Where recipient is an illicit drug abusers under treatment, sender shall be asked to present underlying reasons for such statements and ordered to remove said statements; thereafter correspondence may be handed or delivered to him/her.
Article 23
In the event that center is unable to provide safe shelter during a natural calamity or social incident; the illicit drug abusers under treatment may be transferred to another proper facility under guarded transfer procedures; where a guarded transfer could not implemented, illicit drug abusers under treatment may be temporarily released.
A temporary release of the illicit drug abusers under treatment processed under the preceding paragraph shall enable the illicit drug abusers under treatment to leave the drug abuser treatment center for a maximum of seventy-two hours; thereafter, the illicit drug abusers under treatment should voluntarily return to the center for continued drug abuse treatment. Illicit drug abusers under treatment who fail to return to the center after the seventy-two-hour deadline without valid reason shall be regarded as escaping from the center and penalized accordingly.
Article 24
Drug abuse treatment fees shall be determined pursuant to Article 30 of the Drug Prevention and Control Act.
The drug abuser treatment center is entitled to deduct payment of the aforementioned fees from the bond deposit or labor income of the illicit drug abusers under treatment.