[sumo] [off topic] Tournament and visit

[Joe Petrow]

On 10/15/07, Scentsashn at aol.com <Scentsashn at aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 10/14/2007 4:49:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> joepetrow at gmail.com writes:
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> Actually, most prisoners in Japan probably wouldn't have access to  a
> television for the vast majority of their  stay.
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> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4111/is_200309/ai_n9292171
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> Peterao,
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> Interesting article. Do you know why they differentiate between Japanese  and
> American prisoners? I can't imagine they do here in the States, although, I
> think our prison system is too lenient. They are there for a crime.

Hello Kathy,

I cannot be sure, but as this particular prison is located in
Yokosuka, where a major US Naval Base is also located, I imagine that
most American prisoners would come from that base, and that the US and
Japan have some special arrangements regarding how military prisoners
are treated.

Prisons have two purposes:  to punish and, for those who will be
released, to rehabilitate.  I feel that, overall, Japanese prisons are
better at the former, while United States prisons are better at the
latter.

  - Peterao