But in the first 30 years, Pingtung Prison saw soy sauce production as just a byproduct of inmate skills training. The sales channels were limited to other prisons and the families of inmates, and there was no will to refine the product, enhance its recognition or sell to the outside world.
不過跨入醬油生產線的前 30 年，屏監僅將其視為「培養受刑人一技之長」的附屬品，銷售通路也限於其他監所及受刑人家屬，對於如何讓產品精益求精、打開知名度及外界通路的產銷規劃並不積極。