Their treatment in prison was also of concern to the Association, which provided them with medical care in jail, and proposed that those who showed good performance be allowed early release. As a result, Lin Yi-hsiung and Kao Ch'un-ming were given amnesty last August.
為高雄事件受刑人療傷止痛付出愛心的人權協會，也曾建議政府考慮給予獄中表現良好的受刑人自新的機會，而獲得政府採納，今年八月假釋林義雄及高俊明。