Japan's elderly prison population - 02 Mar 08

Japan's population is one of the most rapidly-ageing in the world.

The fastest growing group of prison inmates are over 60-years-old.

It is now forcing authorities to reconsider the design of jails.

David Hawkins reports.

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[quranalone1429]

LOL! "To prepare them to enter society." I don't think many of them fella's are gonna make it.

[dukemanjapan]

ya if u lived in japan like me and got arrested and had to do time, no english tv, and jails here don't provide heat in the winter or air conditioning in the summer time. People get frost bite during the winter. 3 healthy meals my ass, prisoners lose a ton of weight here. some prisoners are kept in solitary confinement all day and have to sit cross-legged on their arses all day, it's pure hell here, added to that a corrupt system

[Tr0llFace666]

@dukemanjapan Don't commit a crime then?

[Bill1275w]

Stephentsang, Mainland China brought dignity back to Hong Kong where human beings were being used as beasts of burden to pull people around in the streets.

I don't understand how that could be acceptibe.

[mozzmarket]

@Bill1275w 1% of usa population is in prison so doubtful

[Bill1275w]

It's bullshit that these people are still locked up. What kind of threat to society do they pose? What a waste of money. No wonder Japan's debt is even worse than the US debt.

[stephentsang2000]

Like Japan, many ex-prisoners wants to be rearrested here in Hong Kong only to get warm shelter, decent meals and orderly living. Society out here is a ferocious jungle full of unemployment & disrespect, especially after 1997 where massive amount of uneducated barbaric Chinese mainlanders kept flocking to Hong Kong. To many ex-prisoners, jail means paradise.

[teo1000t]

Old farts gonna break their way through!

[ragnarox16]

Fights must be so easy to break up lol

[xxwzaebd]

Most likely, model prisoners are sent here. In many countries outside Europe, the objective of law system is to separate criminals from society and let them enter a downward spiral ,finally becoming death row inmates. Thus re-integration into society after serving sentence is unthought of. Juvenile thieves become young robbers them become murderers and get the death sentence. This is how it works outside Europe.

[Imhornydadcomeinside]

This is why harsh punishments for crimes can hit back on society.