Life imprisonment in Taiwan

Life imprisonment is one of the five primary punishments stated in the Criminal code of Taiwan. All prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment are also automatically sentenced to deprivation of citizens' rights for life, which bars the subject from working as a public servant or running for public office. An inmate must serve at least 25 years before being eligible for parole.

As with the death penalty, life imprisonment cannot be sentenced to minor offenders (under 18) or elders over 80, and any such cases automatically receive reduced sentences.

Since there are no longer any crimes with mandatory death penalty, as a consequence all crimes punishable by death are also eligible for life imprisonment.

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