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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*A guard and a prisoner in cell were having a chat when another guard on duty happened to pass by.
Guard B: What do you think you're doing? You're not slacking off chatting with No. 2324 about those stuff aren't you?
Guard A: No sir, I was just giving him some tips on doing Jailbreaks, sir.
Guard B: Oh I see. Pardon me, I thought you two were talking about videogames, mangas and all of those sinful stuff.
Prisoner: Hey guard you got the stuff, the good stuff.
Guard: Yeah i got the stuff.
Prisoner: Hurry up man i need my fix.
Guard: Hold your horses, here check it out i got Oreimo to Madoka what would you like.
Prisoner: I'll go with Madoka. Been awhile since I've seen a feel good series.
Guard: Here ya go.
Prisoner: Thanks man. You really helped me. I can't thank you enough.
Guard: No problem. Just helping you pass the time till you're a free man again. Hope you like it.
The next day...
(CHIBA) Mr.A, a prisoner in the Chiba prison was found dead this morning by one of the prison guards. Forensic teams have deemed the cause of death as suicide when they found an anime disc "Mahou Shoujo Magica Madoka" in the player set to loop at episode 3...
Fellow inmates were also found to have been consistently asking the prison guards to form a contract with them for no apparent reason what so ever...
He should have ordered a large poster of an anime girl, and started digging a hole behind it...
Madoka Kaname >>> Rita Hayworth
But that plan would fail if the guard decided to take it back for... re-examination purposes.
Guard B: what were you just talking to the prisoner about?
Guard A: the men in jail block A were just curious about our shifts, the name of the guards and where our family lived. so i made photocopies and passed it to everyone.
Guard B: ...oh, i see.
So, what? Keep all guards from treating prisoners like human beings? That'll work great for everyone when they're finally out!
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?
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'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.
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'll probably die. I swear.
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
10 years later, one piece is still running
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
don't drop the soap
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...?"
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...
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.
So they'd rather guards be hostile to the inmates and visa versa.
That's gonna stop riots and inmates shanking guards, and guards beating inmates in their cells.
lets see here, you are in prison for a reason. in japan you dont go there unless you really fucked up, and lets be honest, look at their laws and what sentences are really given.
this is a country were holding someone captive for months, raping and torturing them, finally killing them gets you a sub 8 year conviction, not america where you can get a 25+ year sentence because you smoke weed on the weekends.
you go to prison there for a fucking reason. now in america, being nice to inmates happens, because it keeps riots down. HOWEVER that doesn't extend to giving personal details and is an immediate grounds for being fired and coming up on charges yourself.
here lets look at what he did wrong.
1) “As he was a difficult inmate, I thought that by accommodating him he would become easier to manage.”
this is good, however he went into developing a small relationship with him. what you do in these cases is make the guards not beat his ass if he does something, and have more patients with him, not overtly showing him kindness of a conversation, something he is being deprived of for a fucking reason
2) "including telling other inmates the names of his fellow officers"
in america, we have prison gangs, and i cant see it being different in japan. you don't give a name because it may get those people stalked or killed in extreme circumstances.
the above otaku conversation was probably a disciplinary conversation at best. the giving the names, that was what he was fired for.
"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."
But.. that just inhuman.. criminals are people too!
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!
Prison = Zoo?
wasn't the prison in dead man wonderland kinda like that?
You mean walk around and feed them issues of Shounen Jump?
So brothel would then be considered a (heavy)petting zoo then?
they should really make it a zoo for kids to walk around and feed them crackers lol
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.
Ishihara: "Otaku are illegal."
Is it me or did Ishihara's manga ban affect personal conversations too?
That's no surprise to me. That bastard hates anime and manga anyway.
"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!
I hate it when people reveal my name. It's not like names are a feature for the sake of others, for society. If I were the only person alive, my name would be just as important and functional. My parents didn't give me that name so people could address me by it, I need the ambiguity of "hey you in the shirt and pants" to avoid confusion and complications.
Funny.... the unfortunate thing is that some people actually think that.
I can see a problem with telling the names of guards, but the rest of it is a joke.