judicial procedure, and furthermore establish a model such that both the juvenile and parents can work to improve the environment the juvenile is growing up in. Meanwhile, the parenting courses referred to in the Juvenile Justice Act focus on establishing the first-layer protection. It may warrant deliberation and discussion if the participants in the said courses may be expanded to “persons currently engaged in protecting the juvenile.” Treatment of Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities 66. Some cooperative mechanisms have been established between the welfareoriented legal system and welfare-oriented administrative system under the Juvenile Justice Act. If a juvenile with mental disabilities is detained in a juvenile detention house, there could be difficulty in mobilizing resources. Lacking both medical and special education resources and specialists, juvenile detention houses are unable to deal with juveniles with mental disabilities, and can only provide psychosomatic medicine services. In order to prevent these juveniles from disrupting order in these institutions, high-security guard management models from adult prisons are adopted. Juveniles with mental disabilities are frequently found to be permanently confined in “quiet rooms”. This is not only inhumane treatment but also of suspected discrimination. As a matter of fact, the psychiatric treatment and counseling services available in prisons/detention centers tend to focus on the delinquent juveniles abusing drugs or committing sex offenses, instead of those juveniles with mental disabilities. Many juveniles with mental disabilities have been detained in various juvenile detention houses. The amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act made on June 19, 2019 also aim to improve assessment of juvenile detention houses. Therefore, the Judicial Yuan and the Ministry of Justice should rethink the orientation of detention under the legal system, and introduce relevant specialists to develop a comprehensive model of psychological assessment and evaluation, as well as special education and medical resources. 67. Persons with mental disabilities have not undergone any psychiatric assessment during investigation and trial. After being detained in prisons/detention centers, no dedicated psychologists performed any assessment or made any classification. Guarding and caring for these inmates created significant pressure on the personnel. Due to limited medical resources, the prisons/detention centers have no capacity to treat these patients effectively or help them return to society. After investigation and follow-up by the Control Yuan, the relevant authorities (including the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health and Welfare), have discussed the establishment of dedicated hospitals based on the intent of the ICCPR for treatment of persons with disabilities. 68. A careful assessment of and community support for inmates with mental disabilities prior to their release from prison are critical to their interests and 32