Delivery of money and food (necessities): Basis on the Regulations Governing Delivery of Money, Food, and Necessities by Outside Parties to Prisoners and Defendants (applied mutatis mutandis to/applicable to the House)

1. Delivery (mailing) of money (once per day):

• To be limited to New Taiwan dollars, money orders issued and honored by Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd., or cashier’s checks issued by other financial institutions in Taiwan, and delivered or sent by post according to the time and location designated by the authority.
• The amount of each delivery shall not exceed NT$10,000, unless otherwise approved by the authority’s officials. When the total amount of a juvenile inmate’s money under the custody of the authority exceeds NT$100,000, the authority’s officials may limit the amount of money delivered by outside parties or the frequency of delivery.
• Money may be delivered or sent by post according to the time and location designated by the authority. Only cash envelopes, money orders, and cashier’s checks may be sent by post.

1. Delivery of food (once per day):

• The types of food delivered shall be limited to dishes, fruits, pastries, and cookies. The weight of each delivery shall not exceed two kilograms, unless otherwise approved by the authority’s officials. Food may be delivered according to the time and location designated by the authority.
• Any delivered food that would harm the juvenile’s health, hide contrabands or jeopardize the authority’s discipline, or that “cannot be inspected” or “suffers qualitative changes and becomes non-edible” is forbidden, e.g.:

1. Food that contains alcohol;
2. Undercooked food, such as cold dishes and pickled food, etc.
3. Perishable food, such as sashimi, salad and yogurt, etc., and seafood, which should not be sent by post in summer.
4. Food made of unknown ingredients or with sanitation concern.
5. Crystalline or powdered food, liquid food and frozen food.
6. Non-cut (non-chopped) fish, meat, or vegetables with long stems and tubes, unless the sender chops, cuts or slices them into pieces, or cut them into sections.
7. Seafood or nuts with shell, unless the sender de-shells them.
8. Unopened canned food, unless the sender puts the food into a transparent plastic bag and removes the soup separately after opening the canned food.
9. Other food that has been objectively determined to be uninspectable or that suffers qualitative changes or becomes inedible.

• Fruit may not be delivered until it is cut or peeled.
• The food of which the original appearance or taste will be ruined by the inspection process is allowed to be delivered upon the advice by the authority personnel of the inspection method and possible results and the sender’s agreement to the inspection.
• Delivery of necessities (Each sender is only allowed to deliver necessities to the same inmate once per month.):
• The limitations on the types and quantity thereof are as follows:

1. No more than three pieces or pairs each for tops, pants, hats, socks, undergarments, and underpants;
2. Only one piece each for quilts, blankets, bed sheets, pillows, soaps, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and towels;
3. No more than three books or magazines;
4. No more than fifty envelopes, one hundred pieces of writing paper, NT$300 worth of stamps, and three pens or pencils;
5. No more than three photographs of relatives or friends;
6. Glasses depending on the actual need of the inmate concerned;
7. NHI certificate and other identity documents depending on the actual need of the inmate concerned.

• The delivery of necessities shall comply with the following requirements:

1. Prohibited from hiding any contraband, e.g. cigarettes, alcohol, betel nut, metal, glass, sharp objects, fire starting tools, communication equipment, ropes, money, precious items or any illegal items.
2. Wearing inside the House shall be free from any buttons, zippers, attached leashes or other metal accessories.
3. Necessities used for special purposes (e.g. glasses, crutches or diapers, etc.) shall be subject to the prior application filed by the inmate concerned and then delivered via the reception window or sent by post as a parcel upon approval.
4. The lenses of glasses shall be safety lenses made of plastics, with the color limited to transparent color. No delivery of photochromic lenses by post is allowed, and the glass frame shall not be made of metal.
5. Delivered books and magazines with the contents preventing the juvenile from sent in shall not be sent if their contents impede the purpose of sheltering juveniles for rehabilitation or shelter are forbidden.
6. Delivered medicine shall be attached with the original of hospital's diagnosis certificate and doctor's prescription, together with the completed letter of warranty for the medicine.
7. Appropriate identity certificates shall be presented when delivering money. If the juvenile inmate rejects to accept the money, it shall be returned, provided that if it is impossible to return the money, the money may be confiscated per the resolution by the House’s meeting.

• Delivery of any other necessities that are likely to affect the guarding security is prohibited.