Onomichi prison
Elderly people, old folks who do not behave well have the most number here in Onomichi prison. Onomichi provide almost all of Onomichi's elderly inmates have their own cell, a 3.6-metre room with tatami-mat floor, a TV, a desk, a sink and a toilet. Their personal effects, mainly books and comics, are stored in locked suitcases whenever they are not in their cells.
As for the food, it is as good as their room can be. Still, it is a better place for people to live rather than being a homeless.
There may be no hardened yakuza gangsters here, but Onomichi's 70 or so ageing inmates nonetheless represent the biggest challenge facing Japan's criminal justice system in decades. While other developed countries debate what to do about youth offenders, Japan is grappling with a different kind of crime wave, and one that demographic trends show can only get worse.
Elderly people, old folks who do not behave well have the most number here in Onomichi prison. Onomichi provide almost all of Onomichi's elderly inmates have their own cell, a 3.6-metre room with tatami-mat floor, a TV, a desk, a sink and a toilet. Their personal effects, mainly books and comics, are stored in locked suitcases whenever they are not in their cells.
As for the food, it is as good as their room can be. Still, it is a better place for people to live rather than being a homeless.
There may be no hardened yakuza gangsters here, but Onomichi's 70 or so ageing inmates nonetheless represent the biggest challenge facing Japan's criminal justice system in decades. While other developed countries debate what to do about youth offenders, Japan is grappling with a different kind of crime wave, and one that demographic trends show can only get worse.