Prison reform in Japan

Reform initiatives

• Daiyo Kangoku (substitute detention) reform debate

  pre trial detention · proposed · 2019–ongoing

  Japan's daiyo kangoku system allows police to hold suspects in police cells (rather than in remand prisons) for up to 23 days before charge, with limited access to defence counsel. Human-rights bodies — including the UN Human Rights Committee and CAT — have repeatedly called for abolition.