THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 10, 2022 at 16:51 JST
Justice Minister Ken Saito announces repeated instances of abuse by guards of inmates at Nagoya Prison during a Dec. 9 news conference. (Kosuke Tauchi)
Correctional officers at Nagoya Prison singled out three inmates to repeatedly abuse over the course of nearly a year by spraying their faces with sanitizer used to prevent COVID-19 infections, slapping them and physically inflicting pain in other ways, the Justice Ministry said. [Read More]
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