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Chapter IV Confinement and Prison Security
Article 26
Level 4 and Level 3 prisoners should be confined in solitary cells, except under imperative circumstances wherein this provision shall not be applicable.
Article 27
Prisoners rated Level 2 or higher shall be placed in communal areas during daytime but confined in solitary cells at night.
Article 28
Level 1 prisoners should be placed in special sections and entitled to the following privileges:
1. Living quarters with unlocked doors;
2. No extra monitoring surveillance;
3. Permission for conjugal time with spouse and sharing time with direct kin within designated quarters and periods;
The enforcement rules of the three subparagraphs of the preceding paragraph are subject to the discretion of the Ministry of Justice.
Article 28-1
Prisoners having determinate imprisonment terms and whose progressive treatment reaches Level 3 or higher shall be entitled to abridgement of term should the prisoner achieves a monthly total score of 10 or more. Abridgement shall be instituted under the following standards:
1. For Level 3 prisoners, for each month score is achieved, term shall be reduced by two days.
2. For Level 2 prisoners, for each month score is achieved, term shall be reduced by four days.
3. For Level 1 prisoners, for each month score is achieved, term shall be reduced by six days.
The imprisonment term abridgement provided in the preceding paragraph shall be subject to the resolution of the Prison Affairs Committee. Prisoners concerned shall be informed after resolution and the appertaining report shall be forwarded to the Ministry of Justice for record purposes.
The progressive treatment and parole matters of a prisoner whose term is abridged shall be assessed based on the abridged term of the prisoner.
Upon the release of a prisoner who has served his/her full abridged term, the prison warden shall issue due notification of the actual completion date of said prisoner’s service to the prosecutor in charge of the prisoner’s case.
Article 29
If the lineal relatives by blood of a Level 1 juvenile prisoner shall be critically ill or shall encounter other grave incidents, a petition for a temporary limited period of prison leave may be filed with the Prison Affairs Committee.
Where the juvenile prisoner granted prison leave under the foregoing reasons shall fail to return to his/her respective prison facility within the prescribed deadline, the period that prisoner has spent outside the prison shall not be counted in his/her service period.
Article 30
The prison warden may allow the prisoners working in the respective workshops to elect a number of well-respected, trustworthy Level 2 prisoners to, upon the confirmation of the prison warden, attend to workshop matters and engage in other essential duties. Maximum number of elects shall be two prisoners per workshop.
Article 31
Level 2 prisoners shall be assigned to facility cleaning, sweeping, and tidying duties at least once a month without compensation.
Article 32
Except under special circumstances or reasons, prison authorities are not authorized to frisk Level 1 prisoners or search and inspect their quarters.
Article 33
A Level 1 prisoner whose behavior does not violate the prison disciplinary regulations shall be allowed to socialize and granted freedom to stroll within designated prison grounds during break periods.
Article 34
Level 1 prisoners shall be allowed to elect among themselves representatives who shall aid the maintenance of general discipline and express their aspirations on their behalf.
Prisoners may elect to a maximum of three representatives and submit names of the representatives to the warden for confirmation.
Article 35
Level 1 prisoners have a joint responsibility towards the warden to maintain cleanliness and tidiness within their living quarters and peace and order among Level 1 prisoners.
Where the aforementioned prisoners fail to fulfill the aforementioned responsibility, upon an approbation resolution of the Prison Affairs Committee, one or a number of privileges granted in this Chapter shall be entirely or partially suspended for a defined period of time.