Why Japanese prisons are considered harsh if there is exemplary order

  • Jun 07, 2022
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Why Japanese prisons are considered harsh if there is exemplary order

Purification before the law in the Land of the Rising Sun is a complex and even painful process, both physically and psychologically. Briefly, the Japanese prison can be described as follows: the cleanest hellhole on the planet. Unlike other countries in Japan, the zones are not divided into so-called "black" and "red".

Prisons in Japan are exceptionally harsh. Photo: temaretik.com.
Prisons in Japan are exceptionally harsh. /Photo: temaretik.com.
Prisons in Japan are exceptionally harsh. /Photo: temaretik.com.

The zones, called “red” in the domestic thieves' jargon, are places of deprivation of liberty where thieves are thieves, more often of all sit in isolation wards, and all prisoners live in full compliance with the rules and laws of the state punitive systems. Accordingly, “black” zones in jargon are places of deprivation of liberty, where prisoners have noticeably more “freedom” inside the prison walls. At the same time, part of the prison administration may well be corrupted by the “brothers”. However, such coexistence does not always come down to illegal earnings. Often a “compromise” is reached so that the best order is maintained in the prison institution with the least expenditure of the forces of the repressive system.

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Prisoners must be silent and work. /Photo: spiegel.de.
Prisoners must be silent and work. /Photo: spiegel.de.

It is important to understand that the practice of "black" and "red" zones in one form or another is found all over the world. Moreover, in some cases, the “red” zone is by no means always the triumph of legality. In some countries, especially in third world countries, in such prisons there is often outright arbitrariness and terror on the part of the administration. Japan, on the other hand, is different in that the vast majority of prisons and camps in it have precisely “red” orders. And most importantly, they are extremely harsh.

There are no stricter orders. /Photo: hrw.org.
There are no stricter orders. /Photo: hrw.org.

To put it bluntly, some form of outright abuse of prisoners is perfectly legal in Japan. On the first day of imprisonment, a person receives a sheet with more than a hundred rules of the internal order of the colony. He must learn them in the next day. After this, a lot of “charms” of prison life await the prisoner, such as: you can only sleep on your back with your hands at your sides, you can walk only looking at the back of the head of the person walking in front, talking with other prisoners are forbidden, while working in production you can only look at your workplace, while eating you can only look at food, and you have to sit on tiny chairs. The observance of all stupid and not very nightmarish rules is closely monitored by guards.

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Slightly softer orders only in women's colonies. /Photo: YouTube.
Slightly softer orders only in women's colonies. /Photo: YouTube.

The slightest mistake, and even more so a manifestation of disobedience, is punished up to the punishment cell. The Japanese punishment cell is clean and dry, but in it you need to stand at attention like a soldier on a construction site. Any violation can be punished by beatings with a baton or a blow from a stun gun. Also, prisoners are almost completely deprived of the opportunity to communicate with the outside world, including with relatives, friends and loved ones. Every day, prisoners go through security checks several times.

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The purest hell on earth. /Photo: Yandex. News.
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Finally, incarcerated people in Japan are regularly forced to do useless work. For example, a prisoner may be forced to smooth out crumpled foil wrappers. Once the work is done, you will need to repeat it again. Prisoners may be forced to sweep the clean floor or fold the same set of washed clothes over and over again.

Source: https://novate.ru/blogs/210322/62478/