You will need the full name of the person you want to visit and even better his name short form which they have in prison. Like Bob Edward Smith becoming SBE. And his inmate number. Better is if you know his date of birth as well. The lady on the phone said if you don’t know most of the data you are not close to the inmate and should not come. Webpage says relatives and close related or likewise.
Webpage: http://www.tpp.moj.gov.tw/mp138.html
“Taipei Prison” which is in Taoyuan.
Usually inmates can receive visitors once a month, for mine it was early Sunday morning. Come early not to wait too long, 7:30 at the counter was recommended. Had to go through various queues and wife could handle that with Chinese. Wardens and visitors were very helpful in the process.
This should also work without Chinese, at least a family member from Germany of one inmate managed to get through.
Visit time 30 minutes (or was it 20)?
Ask what the guy wants and then go to the jail shop where you can order presents. The person I visited did not eat anything but the prison food (and the stuff from the xmas party) for years.
BTW: visited because a family member had read my blog and asked me to send regards… They can’t pay the flight ticket and doing it for only 30 min and then flying back is extremely hard, if the inmate is to stay for … a very, very long time.