Death row inmate’s request for inflatable love doll rejected

February 16, 2019February 16, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment death penalty, death row, prisoner rights, Taipei Detention Center

A man who has been awaiting execution since he was sentenced to death in 2010 applied to purchase an inflatable love doll at his own expense, but had his request rejected by prison authorities. Hsiao Renchun (蕭仁俊 ) made his request in writing to prison authorities late last year, asking that prison administrators provide a place to store the love doll, and promising that he would clean the device after using it. Hsiao, a baptized Christian, and model prisoner, also

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January 19, 2019 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment death penalty, suicide, Taipei Detention Center

A prisoner awaiting execution in the Taipei Detention Center was found dead yesterday, January 18, with more than 50 rubber bands around his neck. Chen Yu’an (陳昱安) was handed the death penalty by the Supreme Court, January 2013, for the murder of his father in 2010. Chen, 37 years old at the time, had been kicked out home, and bore resentment over favoritism shown to his brothers. In September of that year, Chen cut his father down with a meat