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1.When inmates first arrive at correctional facilities, they need to turn over the money with them to the facilities for safekeeping. Inmates will be given a Safekeeping Account Book and a Labor Wage Book to record shopping and other expenses incurred in the facility. 

2.Items sold at the cooperatives inside correctional facilities are classified into “general items (food)  and  “non-general  items”  (non-food items like electrical appliances, batteries, blankets….., etc.). A price list that details the names of items for sale and their prices, which  are lower than the market prices, are posted in the visitation room and housing areas for the  information of inmates and visitors. 

3.For the sake of maintaining order and security, daily purchase of general items by inmates is limited to NT$300 per person. On special holidays (on the day of Dragon Boat Festival, the  day of Mid-Autumn Festival, and from Chinese New Year’s Eve to January 3 on lunar calendar), the daily spending limit is NT$600 per person. Unused quota for daily spending  may not be carried over. 

4.When the cost of non-general items exceeds NT$300 or NT$600, inmates must obtain the approval of the educational block officer and the head of correctional facility before making a purchase.