What happens when foreigners are imprisoned in Japan? And why do prisons in Japan hold fayres for prison fans?
The treatment of suspects in custody pushes many to confess to crimes that they did not commit, as was the case with one man who spent 46 years on death row. He was finally exonerated six years ago, but was left broken.
We try to explain why a country which operates on strict principles of balance and order might choose such a repressive system, and see if this may explain Japan having one of the lowest crime rates in the world.
This documentary was produced by Nova Prod and directed by Marie Linton. It was first released in 2020.
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I spent 3yrs in Osaka prison 20yrs ago .. the system is to break you as human rights don’t apply in Japan .. it was the worse experience of my life.. mentally it made me stronger but I saw loads of people suffer mentally in this judicial system.
I became Japanese citizen in 2010. I am 100% behind Japan's prison system. Yes it is tough for undisciplined foreigners, but is being sodomized in an American jail where prisoners have a million rights any better? I want the system to be harsh, disciplined but fair. Abuses should not be tolerated. I am all in favor of draconian jails with Spartan discipline..
The low crime level of Japan is not, in my view, related to the jail system but to the culture, ie, the education of Japanese. Most Japanese are wholly ignorant of the legal system— both the civil and criminal system. They live their lives in accord to old principles not to the laws put in place 150 years ago during the Meiji restauration when Japan imitated the West.
That festival looks like propaganda.
Johnny Salami should have spent three years here
The only way this might change is if a high official of another country would get arrested without having done anything. But those officials usually are diplomats or head of states (i.e. presidents) and therefore subject to diplomatic neutrality meaning that the Japanese law system cannot arrest them even by Japanese law.
honestly the year homie spent in holding waiting for sentencing sounds exactly like the year i spent in TDC, sounds like anyone whos done any kind of timewould do just fine tbh
Tough Shit! If Japan is so bad why does he stay!? No Sympathy!
I like how people whine and complain about the Japanese criminal justice system but completely ignore the fact that it works. Japan has a very low crime rate compared to most other nations, so clearly their system works very well and it seems that people there are satisfied with it. Why should they switch their system because of the tears of criminals and foreigners who come from nations with a higher crime rate (like the US)? Yes, the prison is very strictly controlled and inmates are very limited. It also seems like they don't have anything close to the gang problems that are prevalent in US prisons. We'd benefit from having a much more Japanese-like system where we exercised total control over inmates, as opposed to lazy CO's that let prisoners die in their cells or smuggle contraband and collaborate with prison gang leaders.
Japan doesn't permit criminals to game the Law or turn their individual respect for each other into a weakness. The prisons there are paradise compared to jails in Mexico, where you can be locked up because you're a foreigner with money to be extorted. Also, why should prisoners expect to be entertained in prison? Commit the crime, do the time, their way.
The people enjoying themselves with the carnival atmosphere outside the prison are also being reassured that people who endanger their society are being dealt with. Gullible 'Bleeding Hearts' whining about the features of prison life seemingly have little awareness of the people who have suffered at the hands of the criminals there.
Why is daichi miura singing EXCITE there? 💀
Imagine being seriously interested on how prison life is in Japan and if it's very different compared to the rest of the world but then Kamen Rider Ex-Aid opening played at the 6 minute mark so you just gotta vibe.
5:59 – 6:24 Hol up, that's Kamen Rider Ex-Aid opening song. Dude legit sing it near prison.😭
Carlos is guilty no doubt about it.
I already knew about the prison system in Japan, but the festival is new to me and I can't believe how disgusting all of it is. Another point that has to be made is that foreigners often don't end up in prison, but in immigration detention centers which are even worse than prisons, because they don't have to satisfy the same legal conditions as a prison. These facilities are extremely overcrowded, there a cockroaches everywhere and people are not allowed to shower, or take a walk. Several people have gone on a hunger strike or committed suicide in the past couple of years. Nobody has a chance in a system like this because your guilty until proven innocent and not the other way around and the conditions in these facilities are deliberately horrible in order to force you to confess. But as a foreigner you especially have no chance because you're going through a separate system which is fueled by xenophobia.
Talking about the conditions of Japanese prisons, one should read the book " Catch Me If You Can" by Frank Abagnale Jr. Compared to prisons in France, Japanese prisons are like luxurious hotels.
The way Japan treats people and yet they wonder why the younger population ain't havin as many kids
Hey isn't that the Mt Gox guy?
prisoners get animal treatments everywhere in the world and no human rights.
japan prisons are ways better than many other prisons in the world. they are humane prisons