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The Tokyo Detention House (東京拘置所, Tōkyō Kōchisho) is a correctional facility in Katsushika, Tokyo. [1] [2] The prison, which is operated by the Ministry of Justice, is one of seven detention centres that carry out executions in Japan. It is used to detain people awaiting trial, convicted felons and those sentenced to death.
In the article " 'Prison Libraries' in Japan: The Current Situation of Access to Books and Reading in Correctional Institutions" Kenichi Nakane talks about another form of prisoner neglect/abuse. Nakane's article finds that there is a severe lack of reading materials available to people who are incarcerated in Japanese correctional facilities.
Japanese people convicted of war crimes (4 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Japanese prisoners and detainees" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
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Tokyo Detention House. Within the criminal justice system of Japan, there exist three basic features that characterize its operations.First, the institutions—police, government prosecutors' offices, courts, and correctional organs—maintain close and cooperative relations with each other, consulting frequently on how best to accomplish the shared goals of limiting and controlling crime.
Kikuchi Medical Prison; ... Tokyo Detention House This page was last edited on 1 February 2020, at 00:44 (UTC). ... Prisons in Japan.
The prison was also the execution site for 51 Japanese war criminals who were condemned in the Yokohama War Crimes Trials. [1] The last 7 executions were carried out on April 7, 1950. [2] Mug shot of Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Tokyo Rose, taken at Sugamo Prison in March 1946. The original compound was only 2.43 hectares (6.0 acres) in size.
As of December 2015, Fuchū Prison was the largest prison in Japan, housing 2086 prisoners. The prison covers an area of 22.6 ha (56 acres), and is surrounded by a 1.8 km (1.1 mi) wall with a height of 5.5 m (18 ft), The cells are divided into four blocks (ordinary prisoners, foreign prisoners, mentally ill prisoners, and physically disabled or ...