A prison guard has been sacked after engaging a prisoner in otaku-related conversation.
The affair began at Chiba Prison, where a 31-year-old guard was found to have chatted with a prisoner at least 20 times over a 4 year period.
Their conversations dealt with such topics as games and manga, including as the number of volumes various manga reached and the price of DVDs, with the officer helpfully looking up the details at home on his PC and telling the inmate later.
The guard explained that “As he was a difficult inmate, I thought that by accommodating him he would become easier to manage.”
He is also accused of other unforgivably improper conduct, including telling other inmates the names of his fellow officers.
Once his actions came to light, he was subject to disciplinary measures and then “voluntarily” retired the same day.
The prison head offered the usual formulaic platitude – “I offer my profound apologies to the country, and I intend to ensure no such lapse occurs again in future.”
The prisoner’s sentence and crime were not specified, although Chiba Prison only houses male first-time offenders serving sentences of 8 years or more.
Japanese prisons are known for their harsh conditions (at least compared to the prison-hotels run by many other developed nations), although the authorities tend to treat custodial sentences as a last resort and Japan’s incarceration rate of 54 per 100,000 citizens compares rather favourably to such bastions of liberty as the US, with a rate of 715 per 100,000.
However, the prevailing attitude is that offenders are to be subjected to extremes of discipline and austerity – and it would seem this extends even to friendly conversations between inmates and guards.
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I'm a loss for words....
That's ok, criminal's a criminal, shouldn't even feed them. Long live the death sentence; too bad it's not applied for minor crimes too.
Yeah, but the officer was punished too, and he isn0t a criminal.
So, now it's illegal to talk about anime with another human being?
No no. I think it's improper conduct to tell inmates of officer's names without their consent. But still, I don't think he should be fired for that. But who knows. Culture difference, eh?
Your parents committed a 'minor crime' when they gave birth to you.
I agree with this anon.
Ditto.
People can change, kid.
Some would, some wouldn't.
I believe those who committed crime under extreme poverty, threat, revenge or due to other forgivable reasons shall be given a chance to normal life. Because their "triggers" of crime are often not their own fault and can be fixed. Those who committed crime purely out of greed, maliciousness or heartlessness such as offenders shall never be allowed to walk free. Their flaw in personality will never be fixed and allowing those at large will only pose a threat to public safety.
You are a simple man.
When will Sankaku bann all americans, finally ?
1/10 But I'll entertain you with a response.
Care to give a reason why should Sankaku ban Americans and lose considerable amount of ad revenue to the fact most of the ads here are geared toward Americans? Or are you just another one of those Americans hating sheep who dis Americans not because you had formed a clear and sound valid opinions of why Americans are bad, but because it's the trendy thing to do?
Funny. I was under the impression that the adds on this page were geared towards otaku, not Americans. -.-
Look again, majority of the ads are stuffs from Amazon America site. And if you punch in sancom in those many website stats sites and you'll see the majority of the traffic are accessed from America.
Are you saying you are a saint who never commited even a smallest sin/crime in your life? Really?
Otherwise, you should be the pioneer and listen to your own advice.
Sarcasm - nobody gets it, apparently.
Difficult Prisoner?
"I need my moe imouto HNNNNNNNNNGGGG!! *smashes window*"
How DARE that man talk to a prisoner like it's another human being. HOW. DARE. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I bet if it came to light the prisoner was a convicted rapist or something of the sort, everyone would change their minds right quick. As it stands though, LOLJAPAN.
Well it's not the convict I feel sorry for, it's the guardsman.
Prison = Zoo?
they should really make it a zoo for kids to walk around and feed them crackers lol
So brothel would then be considered a (heavy)petting zoo then?
wasn't the prison in dead man wonderland kinda like that?
You mean walk around and feed them issues of Shounen Jump?
So, what? Keep all guards from treating prisoners like human beings? That'll work great for everyone when they're finally out!
'They're supposed to be segregated from society. Therefore interactions with respectful members of society are not tolerated.' <-It's their mindset. Free nation my ass.
It depends. If the prison is too comfortable then the criminal might want to go back there. If the prison is hard then the criminal might start obeying the law so he would not go back (helps if the police is competent and can catch most criminals).
Also, what I read on American forums is that Americans, while really despising sex crimes, actually like that prisoners get raped by other prisoners. So, I guess it's OK when the other prisoners treat you bad, just not the state.
They may have committed a crime but they are still human beings and should be treated as such.
Treating them like animals or less then human is bad for everyone when the prisoner gets out.
Banning the guards talking with prisoners seems nuts.
Actually less than animals. A zookeeper isn't sacked for talking to an elephant.
Ah XD nice one.
zookeeper: Hey there mr elephant, how are you today? you know, i've watched this new anime called Madoka and its really cool you know?
there's dead cute girls everywhere and i was like wtf, thats so awesome
will he be sacked if he do that?
Not knowing anything about anime for 8 years really is hell.
That's right. I'd go violent, too.
Imagine coming out 10 years in the future to find furry being all the rage.
I'd get myself arrested again and hope that the next time I'm released traps are all the rage again.
I'd go hunting if furries were all the rage 10 years after. i'll just say "what's the difference?" and then do what torappu said xD
8 years later...
Welcome to the world. Stand up and salute Hello Kitty, your omnipotent, omnipresent, blood-hungry empress.
A Pinkish Clockwork.
you'll get all the traps you want in prison, and by getting I mean ass rape
don't drop the soap
I'll probably die. I swear.
10 years later, one piece is still running
Imagine all the catching up you have to do, and being so far behind time man..
I actually haven't watched anime since the summer of 2002. It's not as bad as you think.
Then what the hell are you doing on this site?
Seems pointless if you've lost interest in anime.
8 years later just as the man was just about to find DVDs of all of the anime he missed, when suddenly he saw a huge poster that said
poster:CELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF ISHIHARA BEING OUR PRIME MINISTER
that man:"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!"
that would have been a real hell to him, and for me too...
8 years later just as the man was just about to find DVDs of all of the anime he missed, when suddenly he saw a huge poster that said
poster:CELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF ISHIHARA BEING OUR PRIME MINISTER
that man:"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!"
that would have been a real hell to him, and for me too...
I think coming to know what anime has become over the last ~8 years would be worse.
"You're telling me that "moe" is a legitimate anime genre now...?"
I can see a problem with telling the names of guards, but the rest of it is a joke.
I think he wasn't really sacked for talking about otaku stuff to the inmate but more of improper conduct.
"A prison guard has been sacked after engaging a prisoner in otaku-related conversation." don't see a problem
"He is also accused of other unforgivably improper conduct, including telling other inmates the names of his fellow officers." But this is
death note time!