Lunch at Taiwan's Toughest Men Prison | Taichung | Free Doc Bites

Lunch at Toughest Taiwan Prison | Taichung Men´s Prison | Short Documentary
The Taichung Men´s Prison is the biggest and toughest prison in Taiwan. It houses four and a half thousand inmates. Among them some of the most dangerous criminals of the whole country. Over a hundred life sentences alone and more than a thousand prisoners are serving sentences of twenty years or more.
Monotony, confinement and around the clock video surveillance everywhere dictate the lives of the inmates. Only one time a week the inmates are allowed to spend time on the yard.
The prison works with what is known as progressive correctional treatment. This means that prisoners are divided into four levels. The better a prisoner behaves, the higher their level. And this determines, for example, how many packs of cigarettes a prisoner can buy and how often he is allowed to have visitors. The most important thing, however, is that the length of imprisonment is reduced with each level obtained. For most prisoners, this is a good reason to cause as little trouble as possible.
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[@user-lc5uo5uj2f]

That prison food is better than what my ex makes.

[@Pikachuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu]

Lmao 😂😂

[@Bytional]

Because in prison they want you to be healthy, the last thing they want is you got sick and even died in prison. Your ex on other hand.......

[@XYLENE594]

Is she an ex cause she didn’t cook very well?

[@bamdingayan3906]

😂😂😂😂

[@DAndyLord]

I recently started dating a woman who's vegetarian for religious reasons. She's not a fantastic cook to begin with. She keeps insisting on cooking me dishes with meat, to which I really appreciate the gesture, but I've told her so many times I'm happy to eat veg. She really likes my cooking, but wants to cook for me. She doesn't like when I cook for her because I clean while I cook, so there's nothing for her to do other than eat.

[@jeffreytsai5767]

5:00 the way the prison guard was greeted is super interesting. Every Taiwanese man learns it in basic training in the army, the prison system almost resorts back to what these men learned during their mandatory military training.

[@justinyang21114798]

I am serving my military service right now and I completely agree especially the S 型報數

[@jeffreytsai5767]

@@justinyang21114798 Thank you for your service, hang in there! I finished mine not too long ago. I noticed that his uniform has multiple 梅花 lookin things on it. A colonel (上校) wears 3 梅花s, and there isn't a rank with 4, so I'm not sure what that is.

[@RJ-se9op]

it's super humanistic for them to allow outside food in everyday.

[@eleganz]

not very humanistic to the people who lost their lives to criminals.

[@JeremyToot]

As someone who was in prison in china for 4 years, this is heaven…

[@r.s7144]

Why were u in there

[@mrt55flexxm17]

This prison is 100 times better than any USA one

[@tzoninghard2425]

Not better, easier

[@JesseComments]

This place looks chill compared to the prison i was sentenced to in Michigan USA

[@mksteele99]

America is the only developed country that uses prison as punishment; every other country uses it as rehabilitation, as place to better yourself and prepare you to be a good citizen. There's a reason why the US leads the world in incarcerated citizens; it's BIG business, most prisons are now privatized and for profit.

[@LastBastion]

@@mksteele99 only?

[@diggingmystyle]

@@LastBastion there aren't that many "developed" countries in the world. Some are in the "developing" stage while most will stay 3rd world for a long while.

[@Baebon6259]

@@mksteele99 Only America? I guess you don't see Russia as developed country then. That's cool too.

[@kaffir76]

2:35 outside food? Whaaat? 😂😂

[@Youtubesuckshitt]

It's more like boarding school than prison lol. They get their own rooms as well

[@convenientfriend]

this prison is a lot better than many even in SEA

[@keith7173]

Haha the ciggy brand is called Longlife

[@jennychuang808]

It is the most popular cigarette brand in Taiwan

[@ericduan19]

The atmosphere in Taiwanese prisons is actually more calm & friendly as you might think. Between inmates, they address each other as "classmate", the guards would also address them as "classmate" and usually don't speak to them in an oppressive away. It's like a school that really sucked & class is never over.

[@The_Comedian556]

1:52 "they search it thoroughly" LOL

[@Stackpackflipper]

Lmao what an unhinged response when dealing with food

[@Oybon200]

like that one scene from the grand budapest hotel

[@ihavechocolate8718]

this looks more like a dorm than a prison lmao

[@nedhappily]

Looks better than school meal in North America

[@rampar77]

That is better than country club, outside everyday? That was great risk and extra work for guards. Those foods didn't look bad to me.

[@beethao9380]

considering that manual labor may not be a thing for the prisoners, the food should do just fine.

[@ColumbusRangnamei]

Try searching Madagascar jail documentary, they will thank god and their fate that they are in this jail.

[@ismailmuttaqien1203]

Why?

[@Darkseid.of.Apokolips]

I like to move it move it

[@NefariousStyx123]

@@ismailmuttaqien1203 mf go look it up and see for yourself. Lazy.

[@tennillej9601]

Awesome movie

[@Deadassbruhfrfr]

Kek​@@Darkseid.of.Apokolips

[@freespeech198]

Looks better than a lot of prisons

[@thetruthinknowledge8554]

Most definitely

[@RichTheNarrator]

Way better than USA prison food 🙃

[@simplerelaxation9743]

Hahaha you don't know what are you talking about

[@RichTheNarrator]

@@simplerelaxation9743 yes I do, in USA you don't get to just have as much as you want for starters. And in USA nothing is fresh like that, all frozen processed garbage. But please enlighten me

[@harveythecat]

@@simplerelaxation9743 Do you?

[@Fivefingas]

@@harveythecat 😅😂

[@psyo123]

way better than USA school food

[@kennyphun1946]

Damn they are eating better than I am 😢

[@caramelrhapsodyjesseslife]

That prison-issued food looked really good to me!

[@mrgreen4688]

outside food is nuts. just mix the drugs into the food. not the pills just make a powder or liquid and mix into rice. prisoner will be able to dose it themself over time.

[@kospencer1]

If caught, they lose the merit point for being able to make purchase from prison store and receive outside food, so why risk it?

[@khent712]

Better to not end up in prison in the first place.

[@yl1737]

better than any American school lunch

[@jirajira2872]

this could be one of the world best prison

[@level1selamat155]

Philippines prisons..look it up.. shame

[@ramoschisha8032]

$150 per month plus that food in prison is comfortable living honestly.

[@level1selamat155]

Thanks a lot for this informative video...that guy wqs lucky to get 2 visitors a month

[@Behappy_0623]

太美麗了，把監獄生活美化了

[@toocola6992]

想到政府花錢拍的鹹水雞的滋味，超級寫實😂

[@pingflores5327]

Impressive

[@brucel.554]

Man, this is better than being homeless!

[@itsjosephjavier]

this just looks like my university but better

[@lulubell31]

Sooo instead of living in my car and eating nothing on some days (while working) I can come here and have it all? Sign me up!

[@riadyl3311]

Hav you heard of Norway?

[@Horde334]

24hr surveillance, surrounded by possibly violent criminals, being surveyed by guards every 2 hours.....you must be delusional.....

[@MacNCheese69]

@@Horde334Some people are so poor that they don’t know how good they have it.

[@leviathan71889]

​@riadyl3311 yeah prisoners in Norway live like kings

[@TonyP0425]

This is paradise compared to CECOT El Salvador 🇸🇻, Madagascar 🇲🇬, and last the fire island Russia 🇷🇺

[@Kitty12352]

Also include deadly Indian prisons

[@darshp800]

Nothing can beat Madagascar Prison.😂

[@TonyP0425]

@@darshp800 don’t forget North Korea prison camp

[@stingray9225]

Looks like a men's holiday camp.

[@xijinpig7978]

I Xi jinping want to try Taiwan prison food please capture me

[@Impeccablechicken]

My family business supplies food to prisons and I can vouch that the food is of high quality like the ones purchased by restaurants 😀

[@Impeccablechicken]

Taiwanese prisons*

[@chinaboss6683]

Looks like Chuck-E- Cheese compared to LA County.

[@Jroc3578]

I'm trying to make reservations for this hotel but I can't find it. I'd like to try all the delicious foods and activities! It looks like adult summer camp! Hope to see you there as soon as I figure out the reservations! Love from St. Louis!

[@mackdog3270]

That doesn't look too bad for a prison. I suspect a prison like that wouldn't last very long in the US.

[@spooneater9001]

4:30 imagine having $150 leftover with every other living expense taken care of

[@sesameseedbar8853]

I mean you can do that by having a job. If you have a good one, you can have thousands left over after living expenses.

[@bayjustin3885]

He buys u toothpaste … U gotta swallow his toothpaste. They them rules in prison. Anywhere u go… It is known 😮

[@pmushroom5437]

thats like 3star hotel...and free sumnmore..

[@J_GoTTi]

I would miss pillows, music, good food, and conversation with family in prison.

[@user-qv7mt5ec4j]

Too good already compare to Singapore

[@user-dy1kp8ox4m]

No Singapore way cleaner

[@MJLStudios]

Toughest prison? That's a free holiday lodge....

[@karbbbb6279]

Is this prison or hostel

[@toontoon8039]

the food they eat is much better than what i eat daily....

[@davidgoldsen8504]

Looks more like military selection

[@omkarchandrashekhargadgil8168]

I guess nobody gets their tofu in one piece

[@itsBINGO357]

The moral of the story kids is don't get caught.

[@DontTickle]

This place looks like a resort ahaha

[@beethao9380]

"held accountable." Not in the US

[@moeflee6459]

They really need prison like this in the US.

[@MomMom4Cubs]

Maybe except for the homemade outside food. That seems like a giant security and allergen risk.

[@martinh619]

Better than coffin home in hongkong

[@user-ol8nq1wz2f]

If you have enough money, you can get lobster and steak the same goes for sorghum wine and Louis XIII the premise is that you are a gang boss outside.

[@yeoweian9523]

They can smoke too?

[@SafetyOfficer1337]

in asian prison mostly yes u can smoke if u got someone pay for it. ive been in that taiwan prison, doesnt bad, the food is good, more like men camp and rehabilitation. and now i am a better man, with good job, spent 6 yrs

[@helloworld12]

He looks like a movie star wow

[@cee_el]

That’s what I thought too! I can imagine him being in movies back in the 80s or something

[@fantana9481]

look like高捷

[@kristiantogunawan2546]

​@@fantana9481是

[@tanthaman]

No

[@sherryfu9287]

Looks like a school

[@edbuscus360]

Alright toughest Taiwan prison vs toughest Russian prison.

[@wang1888]

Not a bad place compared to the others.

[@wang1888]

No rapes here?

[@donkinzett3961]

Food looks OK?

[@Joe-xr3ir]

Looks like a place I would willing go to get away from the wife.

[@purpleblah2]

Why does the prison look like a converted school?

[@lutomson3496]

kind of laughing it looks like a nice place to be, here in California there is no smoking in any prison by prisoners funny that they allow it there

[@777glizzy]

Ray is gonna end up in here 😂

[@bursegsardaukar]

Where's the guy that beheaded a 4 year old girl in 2016? Or is he not locked up in this prison?

[@jezzicajezzica]

This is a very humane prison

[@tzoninghard2425]

Bro they in a hotel not a prison lol

[@clifordakoyo406]

🍕edibles😃🥦

[@fumiakiyoshioka2823]

こんなんで再犯率下がるんだろうか？監房が狭くて汚い以外は楽勝だろ。ウチの会社よりゆるいと思う。 刑務作業に刃物を使用させたり、差し入れを許可したりと刑務所が囚人に一定の自由と責任を与えて、すごく信頼してるのが分かる。でも看守長さんの顔面に傷があるのがすごく気になった。

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

：０００

[@aaroncheow4814]

Subtitles would've been better rather than voiceover/dubbing, intonation of speech is important.

[@willyword3413]

5000 yuan isnt 150 dollars thats like almost 700 usd per month

[@k1liu]

You're confusing NTD and RMB, Taiwan and China use different currencies

[@willyword3413]

@@k1liu Ahh Sorry I always confused the dump that is the CCP. Place is a dump

[@sesameseedbar8853]

Taiwan and China use different currencies, however both are called the Yuan in language form. $5000 (NTD) is roughly $190 Australian dollars, it’s pretty much 21-1, for US it’s about 30-1. The average salary in Taiwan is roughly $350-$450 USD a week, so what he gets sent, is the average persons weekly spending money outside.

[@ivantan5690]

Feels more like a hostel than a prison.......... What a joke

[@2centsam927]

So,.... they are unhappy with their meals? If they had remained outside, they could dine on whatsoever they want

[@ianhomerpura8937]

Yep. They know having bland meals are part of the punishment.

[@MERC905]

say no to animé guys

[@Dieselpwr]

How is is it the US system is so poor

[@PapaFunDip]

because prisons in the US are run for profit.

[@sesameseedbar8853]

Because these prisons are state owned. Most US prisons are privately owned and do whatever they can to pinch a few bucks to make more money.

[@MK384]

Taiwan is the real China for sure

[@marvinseanterry9200]

Check Philippines prisons. Then tell me. 😂

[@wilsonlee558]

I also have no freedom to eat what I want to eat. Just eat whatever my wife makes .

[@o.o5603]

They aren’t tough, they are cowards , scam innocent ppl money

[@lil----lil]

Lol. Taiwan's government is TOO nice to the prisoners. Why go through ALL of this trouble? EAT what you're given. REPENT and DON'T come back. Don't make it too complicated. Smh.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

If you think Taiwan is nice, you should check out the Norwegian prisons.

[@roastpork5437]

I had that the exact same thought until I saw that it's a reward system to promote good behavior. Prisoners who behave can get more foods from their relatives and friends than those who don't behave. It's more work for the warden crew but this has a huge benefit of more obedient inmates and thus reducing more punitive actions being doled out. Punishments tend to lead to more angry and disobedient prisoners.

[@HuskyAim]

Prison should not be just a way to punish people. There needs to be a rehabilitation component otherwise you will just get repeat offenders. People like you, sadly, have dictated the way prisons work in the USA. You would rather keep incarcerating people instead of creating functional members of society.

[@98765432123456789000]

super humane prison, everyone is accommodated based on merit. Looks super chill overall, but i do wonder how guards maintain the inmates being so well disciplined and behaved...