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  2. Penal system of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japanese "penal institutions" include prisons for sentenced adults, juvenile detention centers for sentenced juveniles, and detention houses for pre-trial inmates. [25] In Japan, there are 62 prisons, 7 juvenile prisons, 52 juvenile classification homes, 52 juvenile training schools, 10 Detention Houses, 8 regional parole boards, and 50 ...

  3. Juvenile Training School (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    The juvenile training school accommodates two categories of inmates: those under protective measures and those serving sentences (Juvenile Training School Act, Article 2, Item 1). Inmates under protective measures refer to those placed in the juvenile training school to receive the execution of protective measures as prescribed by the Japanese ...

  4. List of countries by incarceration rate - Wikipedia

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    Incarceration numbers. Rates are per 100,000 inhabitants. [1]Location Rates Number Afghanistan 45 19,000 Albania 168 4,565 Algeria 217 94,749 American Samoa (USA) 538

  5. Comparison of United States incarceration rate with other ...

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    Its number of 2.29 million US inmates out of 9.8 million worldwide means the US held 23.4% of the world's inmates. [29] A 2008 article in The New York Times [30] said that "it is the length of sentences that truly distinguishes American prison policy. Indeed, the mere number of sentences imposed here would not place the United States at the top ...

  6. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Youth counselors for YSI — those who work directly with juvenile inmates — earn about $10.50 an hour, or just under $22,000 per year, according to contract proposals from 2010. Because of frequent turnover and absences among staff, double shifts are common, adding additional stress to the job, former employees said.

  7. Japanese Court Dismisses Death Row Inmates’ Lawsuit ... - AOL

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  8. Criminal justice system of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Tokyo Detention House. Within the criminal justice system of Japan, there exist three basic features that characterize its operations.First, the institutions—police, government prosecutors' offices, courts, and correctional organs—maintain close and cooperative relations with each other, consulting frequently on how best to accomplish the shared goals of limiting and controlling crime.

  9. ‘Extremely inhumane’: Japanese inmates sue govt. for ...

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    Inhumane practice: The two death row inmates filed the suit in a district court in Osaka, demanding change and compensation for 22 million yen (approximately $194,000), lawyer Yutaka Ueda said ...