When will a drug user be sent to an observation and rehabilitation center, compulsory rehabilitation center or prison for their offense?

1. Time to be sent to an observation and rehabilitation center:
   1. First time drug abusers.
   2. Repeat drug abusers who use drugs again 3 years or more later after being released following the completion of an observation and rehabilitation program or compulsory rehabilitation program.
2. Time to be sent to a compulsory rehabilitation center: Delinquents under observation and rehab who have the tendency to use drugs continuously.
3. Time to be sent to prison: Repeat drug abusers who use drugs again within 3 years after being released following the completion of an observation and rehabilitation program or compulsory rehabilitation program.

Where will people under observation and rehab undergo rehabilitation?

Currently there are abstention and rehabilitation centers under 14 correctional facilities,including Xidian, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Taitung, Taichung Women’s and Kaohsiung Women’s Compulsory Rehabilitation Center, Taipei Women’s, Miaoli, Yunlin, Taitung, Hualien, Penghu, Lianjiang and Kinmen Detention Center. People under rehab and observation by the order of a court or prosecutor are sent directly to such an abstention and rehab center, or temporarily held at the original rehabilitation center and then transferred to the designated rehab center within one week.

What will be done if a newly admitted inmate is tested positive for drugs?

Pursuant to the Regulations Governing Urine Sample Testing for Specific Categories of People, a correctional facility should produce interview records on inmates who are tested positive for drugs to learn possible causes and send the inmate’s urine sample to a drug abuse urine testing institution accredited by the Ministry of Health and Welfare for confirmation. If the testing result is still positive, the facility shall forward the case to the judicial authority for investigation.