Daily Living and Subsistence
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- Meal Expenses: NT$2,000 per adult inmate per month; NT$3,900 per juvenile inmate per month.
- Utility Expenses: NT$200 per adult inmate per month; NT$300 per juvenile inmate per month (used for expenses such as water and electricity).
- In addition, in accordance with relevant regulations, a portion of income from operations, surplus from the inmates’ commissary and proceeds from the sale of rice bran and used cooking oil are allocated toward meal provisions and living subsidies for inmates.
- Meal Format:
- Breakfast includes rice porridge, salty congee and steamed buns (served with pickled vegetables, soy milk or rice milk).
- Lunch and dinner include two dishes and one soup; three times every two weeks, dinner is upgraded to three dishes and one soup. Inmates engaged in self-directed work outside prison are provided with evening snacks (such as steamed buns or meat dumplings).
- Juvenile inmates receive three dishes and one soup for lunch and dinner, along with evening snacks (such as steamed buns or meat dumplings).
- Seasonal fruit is provided once a week. During summer, a sweet cooling dessert soup is provided with lunch daily (unless lunch consists of noodle soup or wheat porridge, in which case it is not provided).
- Kitchen Equipment: Mixers, automatic vegetable cutters, high-pressure steam cookers, steam cabinets, deep fryers, automatic soy milk grinders and large freezers and refrigerators.
- Review Mechanism: A monthly Meal Improvement Meeting is held with representatives from each housing unit and supervisory and administrative staff from each department. Through two-way communication and collective input, the overall meal quality is continuously improved.