Hsinchu Prison today vowed to improve parole supervision, after a convict who escaped while on medical parole was implicated in two separate burglary and sexual assault cases last month.
The convict, Chiang Yu-hsien (江昱賢), was serving 19 years and eight months for burglary, sexual assault and other crimes, the prison said.
Chiang had four years and six months remaining on his sentence when he was released on medical parole in November last year, it said.
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Due to the severity and complexity of his condition, doctors determined that hospital treatment and surgery was necessary to avoid lower body paralysis, the prison said.
As Chiang’s condition had improved, the prison notified him on May 22 to report to the Hsinchu District Prosecutors’ Office by June 3 to return to prison, it said.
Chiang failed to appear by the deadline, repeated phone calls went unanswered and attempts to contact his family were also unsuccessful, it said.
The prison said it then requested the office to summon, arrest or list Chaing as wanted.
When a woman was reportedly robbed and sexually assaulted at a motel in Taoyuan’s Taoyuan District (桃園) on June 21, the police discovered Chiang had checked into the motel.
The following day, a motel in Taoyuan’s Gueishan District (龜山) reported a similar case, and the police arrested Chiang after finding he had also checked into that motel.
Hsinchu Prison said it deeply regrets that Chiang did not return to prison as ordered and is suspected of committing more crimes.
Medical inspections, health evaluations and notifications concerning Chiang’s failure to return were all handled according to protocol, it said.
The prison said it has launched a full review, and vowed to improve parole supervision, tighten internal controls and better monitor the whereabouts of convicts on medical parole to prevent similar incidents from occurring again.
The prosecutors’ office said today that it followed proper procedures after being notified that Chiang failed to return from medical parole.
Chiang contacted the office on June 3 and 9 to request an extension of his parole, but did not report back by the extended deadline, the office said.
It said it received a copy of the prison’s request to revoke Chiang’s medical parole on June 9 and immediately issued a summons followed by an arrest warrant.
Chiang was arrested in a separate case on June 23 and is currently in detention at the Taoyuan Detention Center, it said.
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