exclaims Taichung Prison deputy warden Lin Wanyuan. When the Ministry of Justice implemented the "one prison, one product group" policy, prisons were particularly encouraged to develop their own industries, preferably ones that are related to endangered traditional arts or crafts in the areas where the prisons are placed. Of course, the most iconic traditional craft in central Taiwan is lacquerware.
台中監獄副典獄長林萬元指出，當法務部開始推動「一監一特色」政策時，就特別鼓勵監所的自營產業，最好能與當地瀕臨失傳的傳統技藝結合，而中部地區的代表當然就是漆器。