Taitung prison was established on 14 January, 1950 and the site was located in Taitung Fuxing Rood I. On 1 July 1954, it moved to Guangdong Rood 317, The whole prison area is 0.91 ha. The prison is for felon and common offender and approved accommodation of 547 prisoners concluding men and women) who execute period of a punishment from prosecutor Taitung District Public Prosecutors’ office, In 1964, in response to local needs, is committed to promoting job outside in the prison, in the Luye region engaged in the floodplain reclamation, in July 1, 1971 approved to the restructuring of the “Taiwan Taitung Open Prison” on July 1, 1976 due to ” Taiwan Wuling Open Prison” inception, the prison began to restore the “Taiwan Taitung Prison” formerly . In January 2011, The prison cooperate with organizational transformation was named Agency of Corrections, MOJ Taiwan Taitung prison.