A: 

1.Space inside correctional facilities is limited. Thus items that can be brought into a facility by inmates are limited to daily necessities in moderate amount.    

2.Money: Inmates in a correctional facility only need to pay for their daily supplies or registration fee and co-payment under National Health Insurance when they see a doctor. Unless they need to purchase electrical appliances, there is no need for inmates to carry  a lot of money with them when they are admitted.

3.Medicine: Medicine brought into the correctional facility should be for medical needs and placed in an intact medicine bag that shows hospital diagnosis and prescription. In  addition, the medicine must be sealed and come with ingredient description. Medicine  will be returned to newly admitted inmates after they have been inspected and assessed  by the doctor at the correctional facility.    

4.Daily supplies:  Personal  items,  including  ID  card,  underwear,  National  Health  Insurance  card,  socks,  towels,  pens,  soaps,  toothpaste,  toothbrush,  envelopes,  letter  paper, tissue paper, books and magazines, and single bed blanket, bed sheet and pillow  are allowed to be brought in to the facilities. Special items, such as artificial limbs,  artificial eyes and dentures can be used inside the facilities after inspection. 

5.All clothes  and  items  brought  into  the  facilities  will  be  inspected  according  to  the following principles:  

  (1)Inspection is conducted based on dressing integrity and inmate’s needs. Items that may adversely affect the       order or security in the facilities, contain contrabands, are  not easy to check or cannot be inspected, undergo qualitative change or have their  original  appearance  and  functions  destroyed  after  inspection  are  not  allowed  to  bring into the facilities. 

  (2)Inmates are not allowed to bring in electrical appliances. However when inmates  are  transferred  from  another  prison  (detention  center,  institution  or  school)  or  returned by a court or prosecutors office, they may resume the use of electrical  appliances already in use after changing the tags.

  (3)Clothes, blankets, bed sheets, pillows, socks, towels and similar supplies must be unpacked and soaked in water for inspection purpose.

  (4)If items brought in by inmates are found to be illegal, correctional facilities will take action according to laws.