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The prisons, jails and police of Taiwan

This page lists 56 places of detention and 1,712 law enforcement agencies in Taiwan. Taiwan's prisons and detention centres are run by the Agency of Corrections of the Ministry of Justice. Among them are 1,665 police stations, 26 prisons and 24 police departments. Every entry comes with a telephone number, so you can contact the facility directly. New Taipei City has the most entries of any region, with 189. Choose one of 22 regions to see every facility with its address and telephone.

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Changhua CountyChiayi CityChiayi CountyHsinchu CityHsinchu CountyHualien CountyKaohsiung CityKeelung CityKinmen CountyLienchiang CountyMiaoli CountyNantou CountyNew Taipei CityPenghu CountyPingtung CountyTaichung CityTainan CityTaipei CityTaitung CountyTaoyuan CityYilan CountyYunlin CountyChanghua PrisonLizhi High SchoolChanghua Detention CenterChiayi PrisonChiayi Detention CenterHsinchu PrisonHsinchu Detention CenterChengjheng High SchoolZihciang Minimum-Security PrisonHualien Detention CenterHualien PrisonKaohsiung PrisonKaohsiung Women's PrisonKaohsiung Second PrisonKaohsiung Drug Abuser Treatment CenterMingyang High SchoolNational Immigration Agency Kaohsiung Detention CenterKeelung PrisonKeelung Detention CenterKinmen PrisonLienchiang Detention CenterMiaoli Detention CenterNational Immigration Agency Nantou Detention CenterNantou Detention CenterNational Immigration Agency Taipei Detention CenterTaipei Detention CenterTaipei Women's Detention CenterTaipei Juvenile Detention HouseXindian Drug Abuser Treatment CenterPenghu PrisonPingtung PrisonPingtung Detention CenterTaichung PrisonTaichung Women's PrisonTaichung Drug Abuser Treatment CenterTaichung Detention CenterTainan PrisonTainan Detention CenterTainan Second PrisonMingde Minimum-Security PrisonTainan Juvenile Detention HouseDongcheng PrisonTaiyuan PrisonGreen Island PrisonWuling Minimum-Security PrisonTaitung PrisonTaitung Drug Abuser Treatment CenterTaipei PrisonBade Minimum-Security PrisonTaoyuan Women's PrisonTaoyuan PrisonDunpin High SchoolNational Immigration Agency Yilan Detention CenterYilan PrisonYunlin PrisonYunlin Second Prison
Composition

What the atlas holds here

1,665Police stations
26Prisons
24Police departments
14Special jurisdiction agencies
13Remand prisons
9Border police units
4Young offender institutions
4Open prisons
4Immigration detention centers
3Women's prisons
2Juvenile facilities
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Prisons & jails

56 facilities

56 entries
Bade Minimum-Security PrisonTaoyuanOpen prisonGuishan DistrictTaoyuan City+886 3 329 9115
Changhua Detention CenterYuanlinRemand prisonYuanlin CityChanghua County+886 4 832 1381
Changhua PrisonErlinPrisonErlin TownshipChanghua County+886 4 896 4800
Chengjheng High SchoolXinfengYoung offender institutionXinfeng TownshipHsinchu County+886 3 557 5845
Chiayi Detention CenterLucaoRemand prisonLucao TownshipChiayi County+886 5 362 3889
Chiayi PrisonLucaoPrisonLucao TownshipChiayi County+886 5 362 1865
Dongcheng PrisonBeinanPrisonBeinan TownshipTaitung County+886 89 570747
Dunpin High SchoolTaoyuanYoung offender institutionTaoyuan DistrictTaoyuan City+886 3 325 3152
Green Island PrisonLudaoPrisonLudao TownshipTaitung County+886 89 672502
Hsinchu Detention CenterRemand prisonNorth DistrictHsinchu City+886 3 522 2083
Hsinchu PrisonPrisonNorth DistrictHsinchu City+886 3 522 2577
Hualien Detention CenterRemand prisonHualien CityHualien County+886 3 822 7252
Hualien PrisonJi'anPrisonJi'an TownshipHualien County+886 3 852 1141
Kaohsiung Drug Abuser Treatment CenterPrisonYanchao DistrictKaohsiung City+886 7 615 4080
Kaohsiung PrisonPrisonDaliao DistrictKaohsiung City+886 7 788 2548
Kaohsiung Second PrisonPrisonYanchao DistrictKaohsiung City+886 7 615 2646
Kaohsiung Women's PrisonWomen's prisonDaliao DistrictKaohsiung City+886 7 792 0586
Keelung Detention CenterRemand prisonXinyi DistrictKeelung City+886 2 2465 3240
Keelung PrisonPrisonXinyi DistrictKeelung City+886 2 2465 1146
Kinmen PrisonJinhuPrisonJinhu TownshipKinmen County+886 82 332283
Lienchiang Detention CenterNanganRemand prisonNangan TownshipLienchiang County+886 836 22824
Lizhi High SchoolTianzhongYoung offender institutionTianzhong TownshipChanghua County+886 4 874 2111
Miaoli Detention CenterRemand prisonMiaoli CityMiaoli County+886 37 361510
Mingde Minimum-Security PrisonTainanOpen prisonShanshang DistrictTainan City+886 6 578 3498
Mingyang High SchoolKaohsiungYoung offender institutionYanchao DistrictKaohsiung City+886 7 615 2115
Nantou Detention CenterRemand prisonNantou CityNantou County+886 49 224 1876
National Immigration Agency Kaohsiung Detention CenterImmigration detentionYong'an DistrictKaohsiung City+886 7 691 6910
National Immigration Agency Nantou Detention CenterCaotunImmigration detentionCaotun TownshipNantou County+886 49 256 5261
National Immigration Agency Taipei Detention CenterNew TaipeiImmigration detentionSanxia DistrictNew Taipei City+886 2 2673 0091
National Immigration Agency Yilan Detention CenterDongshanImmigration detentionDongshan TownshipYilan County+886 3 961 5100
Penghu PrisonHuxiPrisonHuxi TownshipPenghu County+886 6 921 1151
Pingtung Detention CenterZhutianRemand prisonZhutian TownshipPingtung County+886 8 778 2274
Pingtung PrisonZhutianPrisonZhutian TownshipPingtung County+886 8 778 5438
Taichung Detention CenterRemand prisonNantun DistrictTaichung City+886 4 2385 3880
Taichung Drug Abuser Treatment CenterPrisonNantun DistrictTaichung City+886 4 2380 3642
Taichung PrisonPrisonNantun DistrictTaichung City+886 4 2389 1296
Taichung Women's PrisonWomen's prisonNantun DistrictTaichung City+886 4 2384 0936
Tainan Detention CenterRemand prisonGuiren DistrictTainan City+886 6 278 2935
Tainan Juvenile Detention HouseJuvenile facilitySouth DistrictTainan City+886 6 215 0583
Tainan PrisonPrisonGuiren DistrictTainan City+886 6 278 1116
Tainan Second PrisonPrisonLiujia DistrictTainan City+886 6 698 7797
Taipei Detention CenterNew TaipeiRemand prisonTucheng DistrictNew Taipei City+886 2 2261 1711
Taipei Juvenile Detention HouseNew TaipeiJuvenile facilityTucheng DistrictNew Taipei City+886 2 2261 1181
Taipei PrisonTaoyuanPrisonGuishan DistrictTaoyuan City+886 3 319 1119
Taipei Women's Detention CenterNew TaipeiRemand prisonTucheng DistrictNew Taipei City+886 2 2274 8959
Taitung Drug Abuser Treatment CenterPrisonTaitung CityTaitung County+886 89 310 185
Taitung PrisonPrisonTaitung CityTaitung County+886 89 224711
Taiyuan PrisonDonghePrisonDonghe TownshipTaitung County+886 89 891881
Taoyuan PrisonPrisonTaoyuan DistrictTaoyuan City+886 3 360 3612
Taoyuan Women's PrisonWomen's prisonLongtan DistrictTaoyuan City+886 3 480 7959
Wuling Minimum-Security PrisonLuyeOpen prisonLuye TownshipTaitung County+886 89 581014
Xindian Drug Abuser Treatment CenterNew TaipeiPrisonXindian DistrictNew Taipei City+886 2 8666 6432
Yilan PrisonSanxingPrisonSanxing TownshipYilan County+886 3 989 4166
Yunlin PrisonHuweiPrisonHuwei TownshipYunlin County+886 5 633 9660
Yunlin Second PrisonHuweiPrisonHuwei TownshipYunlin County+886 5 636 2788
Zihciang Minimum-Security PrisonGuangfuOpen prisonGuangfu TownshipHualien County+886 3 870 3914
Questions

Frequently asked

How many prisons and jails are in Taiwan?

The atlas lists 56 prisons, jails and detention centres in Taiwan, including 26 prisons and 13 remand prisons.

How many police stations are in Taiwan?

1,712 police units are listed for Taiwan: 1,665 police stations, 24 police departments and 14 special jurisdiction agencies.

Can I look up a prisoner in Taiwan?

Public inmate lists are generally not published in Taiwan. Contact the facility or the Agency of Corrections, using the address and telephone on each facility page.

Which region has the most facilities?

New Taipei City, with 5 prisons and jails and 184 police units.

Are telephone numbers available for these facilities?

Yes for 56 entries of 56. Where a number is missing, the facility page shows its address and map location; details can change, so the agency's own website is the authority.

Who runs the prisons in Taiwan?

The Agency of Corrections is responsible for them. The regions below list every establishment it runs, along with the police units in each area.

What specialised facilities are there in Taiwan?

The atlas lists 3 women's prisons, 4 young offender institutions, 2 juvenile facilities, 13 remand prisons and 4 open prisons here. Each has its own page with the address and, where published, a phone number.

Which town in Taiwan has the most prisons?

Kaohsiung has the most, with 6 places of detention in the atlas, out of 30 towns with at least one.

How is Taiwan divided in the atlas?

The atlas files Taiwan by region, following official administrative boundaries; 22 regions currently have entries. Every facility is listed in the region where it is located; New Taipei City is the largest by number of entries.

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