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| Five Japanese Prison Workers Arrested for Allegedly Beating Inmate |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 11/20/2002 |
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Five prison workers in western Japan were arrested recently on accusations they beat an inmate so severely that he required more than a month of medical treatment, a Justice Ministry official said. The September incident attracted prosecutors' attention when it was later learned that the victim and another inmate at the same prison had been shackled by leather handcuffs - a practice deplored by rights activists. The second inmate died. Both incidents occurred at the 2,100-person Nagoya Prison - Japan's third largest. Prosecutors accuse the five prison workers of beating a 30-year-old male inmate on Sept. 25 and immobilizing him with the painful cuffs when he became violent during a prison interview, the official said on condition of anonymity. The victim suffered internal abdominal injuries and needed 40 days of treatment, he said, declining to identify the prisoner. The other prisoner, a 49-year-old male, died in May while shackled by the notorious restraint. Critics of Japan's use of leather handcuffs say they contort the body causing excessive pain and violate a U.N. convention against torture that Japan has ratified. Belts are wrapped tightly around an inmate's waist with one hand strapped in front and the other behind. But prison officials argue the cuffs are necessary to maintain order and safety among violent prisoners. Japanese prisons are tightly controlled, and riots and violent attacks are rare. |
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