Regulations for Implementing the External Inspection Team of the Prison and the Detention Center Article 13

When external inspection teams conduct visits or interviews specified in Subparagraphs 1 and 2, Paragraph 1 in the preceding article, they may use recording/video-recording or filming equipment if authorities give their consent. Should said authorities do not give their consent, they shall notify external inspection teams of concrete reasons in writing.External inspection teams shall obtain party’s consent before they record/video-record or film as specified in the preceding paragraph.When external inspection teams conduct interviews specified in Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1 in the preceding article, responsible personnel may watch, but shall not listen, and may not video-record, or record the interviews without permission.When external inspection teams require inmates to provide opinion in writing as specified in Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 1 in the previous article, responsible personnel shall not read the opinion.Should authorities find sufficient evidence showing that external inspection teams’ behaviors are against authorities’ order or security when external inspection teams conduct tasks specified in Paragraph 1 in the previous article, such authorities may impose constraints or stop their tasks. The said authorities shall notify external inspection teams of concrete reasons in writing.If external inspection teams receive the said written notification specified in the first or preceding paragraphs, and disagree with authorities’ decisions, the external inspection teams may ask the senior official to handle the situation. Should the senior officials do not handle the situation or the external inspection teams have different opinions with the senior officials’ handling, the external inspection teams may ask the supervisory authority to step in and respond.