Comments on: Crime, Constitutional Reform, Foreign Workers, the Economy, and Crime: TPR News for Monday, May 21, 2007 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/05/21/tpr-news-052107-crime-constitutional-reform-foreign-workers-economy/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:48:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: ken http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/05/21/tpr-news-052107-crime-constitutional-reform-foreign-workers-economy/#comment-114193 Tue, 22 May 2007 18:13:57 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/05/21/tpr-news-052107-crime-constitutional-reform-foreign-workers-economy/#comment-114193 Related? With the upswing in crime, perhaps so. Today Bloomberg published an article with the headline: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aeGRsYhdaFSE&refer=japan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Japan's Detention System May Lead to Abuses, UN Says</a> From the article: <blockquote>Japan's use of substitute prisons to detain suspects was criticized by the United Nations, which called for legislation to separate police investigations from the detention system to prevent abuse of detainees' rights. Japan's system of substitute prisons, which allows for the ``prolonged detention of arrested persons,'' lacks judicial control and may contribute to the high conviction rate in criminal trials based on confessions, the <strong>UN Committee Against Torture</strong> said in a statement yesterday.</blockquote> Emphasis added. Related? With the upswing in crime, perhaps so. Today Bloomberg published an article with the headline: Japan’s Detention System May Lead to Abuses, UN Says

From the article:

Japan’s use of substitute prisons to detain suspects was criticized by the United Nations, which called for legislation to separate police investigations from the detention system to prevent abuse of detainees’ rights.

Japan’s system of substitute prisons, which allows for the “prolonged detention of arrested persons,'’ lacks judicial control and may contribute to the high conviction rate in criminal trials based on confessions, the UN Committee Against Torture said in a statement yesterday.

Emphasis added.

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