Prison Act Article 118

The Ministry of Justice shall, based on a decision reported by the prison for the parole application, decide to approve or disapprove the parole. Where the Ministry deems the reasons specified in the original decision or the underlying information to be incomplete, it may notify the prison to provide an amendment. Where the information is not amendable, the application may be rejected.Where the Ministry of Justice decides not to grant parole, unless the inmate applying for parole has received promotion, the prison may only file another application after four months have elapsed. However, where an inmate is subsequently rewarded due to performance listed in Subparagraph 5 to Subparagraph 7, Paragraph 1 of Article 84, the prison may file an application one month earlier.