Twenty-two correctional officers at Nagoya Prison abused three inmates hundreds of times through violence and hateful language from November 2021 to August this year, according to sources knowledgeable of the matter.
A handcuff belt is defined in the regulations for enforcing the law on penal detention facilities as a “waist belt of an appropriate width that is equipped on both sides with elastic rings for fastening the wrists.”
The Justice Ministry plans to press charges against 22 prison officers in central Japan for alleged assaults committed on inmates, a source familiar with the situation said on Dec. 10.
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.