Prison Act Article 6
Correctional officers must respect the dignity of inmates and protect their human rights in the performance of their duties without exceeding the limits on necessary actions that can be taken to achieve the desired correctional objectives.Prisons shall not discriminate inmates based on race, skin color, sex, language, religion, political affiliation, national origin, ethnicity, social class, wealth, birth, disability or other status.Prisons must protect the accessibility rights of inmates with disabilities in prison and take appropriate measures for reasonable accommodation.Prisons must adopt active and appropriate methods and measures to ensure inmates understand the purpose of their treatment and punishment.Prisons may not place inmates in solitary confinement for more than fifteen (15) days. Where a prison imposes solitary confinement on an inmate in the execution of its duties in accordance with laws, it shall regularly report to the supervisory authority and assign medical personnel to conduct continuous evaluation of the physical and mental conditions of the inmate. Where medical personnel deem the inmate unfit for continuous solitary confinement, the solitary confinement must be terminated.
中文原文 監獄行刑法第6條
監獄人員執行職務應尊重受刑人之尊嚴及維護其人權,不得逾越所欲達成矯治處遇目的之必要限度。
監獄對受刑人不得因人種、膚色、性別、語言、宗教、政治立場、國籍、種族、社會階級、財產、出生、身心障礙或其他身分而有歧視。
監獄應保障身心障礙受刑人在監獄內之無障礙權益,並採取適當措施為合理調整。
監獄應以積極適當之方式及措施,使受刑人瞭解其所受處遇及刑罰執行之目的。
監獄不得對受刑人施以逾十五日之單獨監禁。
監獄因對受刑人依法執行職務,而附隨有單獨監禁之狀態時,應定期報監督機關備查,並由醫事人員持續評估受刑人身心狀況。
經醫事人員認為不適宜繼續單獨監禁者,應停止之。
監獄對受刑人不得因人種、膚色、性別、語言、宗教、政治立場、國籍、種族、社會階級、財產、出生、身心障礙或其他身分而有歧視。
監獄應保障身心障礙受刑人在監獄內之無障礙權益,並採取適當措施為合理調整。
監獄應以積極適當之方式及措施,使受刑人瞭解其所受處遇及刑罰執行之目的。
監獄不得對受刑人施以逾十五日之單獨監禁。
監獄因對受刑人依法執行職務,而附隨有單獨監禁之狀態時,應定期報監督機關備查,並由醫事人員持續評估受刑人身心狀況。
經醫事人員認為不適宜繼續單獨監禁者,應停止之。