Prison Act Article 111

Unless otherwise stipulated by law, administrative litigation for public law disputes derived from the imprisonment of inmates shall be filed in accordance with this Act.Where an inmate files a complaint in accordance with this Act and disagrees with the decision render, the inmate may file a suit specified in any of the following subparagraphs with the administrative litigation division of the district court at where the prison is located:1. Where the inmate believes that the prison’s disposition has exceeded the necessary extent for achieving correctional objectives of imprisonment and unlawfully infringes upon his/her basic rights protected by the Constitution, and where such infringement is evidently significant, the inmate may file a suit to revoke the disposition.2. Where the inmate believes that the disposition in the preceding subparagraph is illegal and the status quo ante cannot be restored or is extinguished due to the execution of the disposition, but the inmate has a legal interest in obtaining a declaratory judgment from the court, the inmate may file a suit for court declaration of illegal disposition.3. Where the prison rejects the inmate’s request made in accordance with this Act or fails to render a decision on the request within two months of the request and the inmate believes that his/her rights or legal interests are harmed; or where there is a dispute involving payment of property arising from the imprisonment based on public laws, the inmate may file a payment suit. The same shall apply where the inmate believes that the prison’s punishment has exceeded the necessary extent for achieving correctional objectives of imprisonment and unlawfully infringes upon his/her basic rights enshrined in the Constitution, and where such infringement is evidently significant.The suits filed in accordance with the subparagraphs in the preceding paragraph shall be filed in a written format.