8 Penal Institution Visiting Committee

  The Penal Institution Visiting Committee was newly established under the Inmates Treatment Act, and the committee is composed of a maximum of 10 members appointed by the Minister of Justice from among people of advanced integrity and insight with enthusiasm for the improvement of the administration of penal institutions. The committee visits the penal institution, and gives its opinions to the warden of the penal institution with regard to the penal institution's administration.