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Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice's opened prison facilities to the public.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice's opened prison facilities to the public.

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Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice's opened prison facilities to the public. According to the ministry's plan, as of this month, all its prisons, detention houses, reform schools, rehabilitation centers and drug treatment centers would be opened to the public at least once a month is part of the ministry's plan to introduce the prison system to the public.
While the ministry was opening prison doors to the public, execution grounds would remain closed. "For security reasons, we are not planning to introduce execution grounds to visitors," said Huang Fang-chin , deputy warden of the Kaohsiung Second Prison.
"Initially, we will invite inmates' families and friends as the first group of visitors this month, but families of those inmates who are banned from having visitors will not be invited."
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  • (Sources: Taipei Times, 09/08/2004)