A male inmate in his 50s who was being held in a solitary cell at a Nagoya detention facility died on Sunday.
According to the Nagoya Public Prosecutors Office, the man had been taking medication for an illness, Kyodo News reported. Officials said an autopsy will be held to determine the cause of death.
A spokesperson for the detention facility said that at around 8:50 a.m. on Sunday, a guard called to the man to take his medication. When he did not respond, lifesaving measures were administered and he was transported to the hospital, but he was confirmed dead.
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blackpassenger
And this is news?
BertieWooster
Why was he in solitary?
Aly Rustom
There's a lot more to this story.
sakurasuki
Indeed especially this one is detention not prison, that person still have chance to prove he is innocent in the eyes of Japanese hostage justice system.
stickman1760
This Nagoya facility has a bad record
Newpresident
@black…of course it is. Is it usual news for you to read that an inmate is dead in a detention facility ?
Kaowaiinekochanknaw
of course it is. Is it usual news for you to read that an inmate is dead in a detention facility ?
Unfortunately it's is usual to read about that occurring here.
Nonetheless, I agree it's newsworthy.
More to the story as others have suggested above.Mr Kipling
Someone on medication for an illness (we don't know how serious) dies of an illness in their sleep?
Not at all uncommon but I'm sure there will be an investigation. However, sick people sometimes die.
BertieWooster
If it was one case, it wouldn't be that significant. But it's much more:
"Twenty-six foreigners died while in detention in Japan between 1993 and 2022, including Wishma Sandamali, 33, a Sri Lankan woman, who fell ill and died in 2021."
“There have been many instances where immigration officials assumed the detainees were pretending to be sick without listening to their complaints, resulting in their deaths or aggravated conditions,” Yamamura said.
(https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14926398)
The number of suicides of people in detention in Japan is also very large, but I was unable to find an exact figure.
Imagine being held in a tiny room with no windows, lights on 24hrs. "Exercise" is conducted in a slightly larger room, also with no windows. And you are not told when you are to be released.