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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.
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.
For prisoners and detainees of Japanese nationality, see Category:Japanese prisoners and detainees. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
During the Second World War, prisoners of war (POWs) from Allied countries (also known in the UK as Far East prisoners of war, FEPOW [1]: 4 ) suffered extreme mistreatment in Japanese captivity, characterized by forced labor, severe malnutrition, disease, physical abuse, and mass executions.
A map (front) of Imperial Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camps within the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere known during World War II from 1941 to 1945. Back of map of Imperial Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camps with a list of the camps categorized geographically and an additional detailed map of camps located on the Japanese archipelago .
Kikuchi Medical Prison; ... Tokyo Detention House This page was last edited on 1 February 2020, at 00:44 (UTC). ... Prisons in Japan.