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.
© Japan Today
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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.