Print version| Country | JAPAN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Correction Bureau | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 1-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100 - 8977, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +81 3 3592 7609 fax: +81 3 3591 3594 Web: www.moj.go.jp |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Yoshinobu Onuki
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
68,788
at mid-2012 (national prison administration, via Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
54
based on an estimated national population of 127.6 million at mid-2012 (from Japanese government statistics bureau figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
11.3%
(mid-2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
7.8%
(mid-2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.5%
(31.12.2009 - under 20) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.7%
(mid-2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
188
(April 2011 - comprising 62 adult prisons, 8 branch prisons, 7 juvenile prisons, 8 detention houses and 103 branch detention houses. The prison administration has responsibility also for juvenile classification homes and juvenile training schools, whose occupants are not included in the prison population.) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 90,354
(31.12.2009) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
83.3%
(31.12.2009) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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