Only in a western country, would you see a documentary comparing on how a large number of westerners, cannot or refuse to be mindful, on being clean and orderly, also respecting the space of other people around them. It is no different than a military boot camp. Imagine being able to complete your prison term, without the fear of being raped, contracting hepatitis and other diseases. Not having to worry about being physically attacked or murdered in prison. Also, the guards having no fear, doing their job. Yes, they do have some major downfalls in the system, that is no different than any other country, but they are still doing much better than the rest of the Western prisons

Well done Japan. You are one of the few nations that understand the true meaning of discipline

What are they comparing about? This is profoundly more comfortable/clean than a U.S. prison. It's is quiet and structured; almost peaceful and they serve real food. There still lies some semblance of dignity. American prison/jails are a living hell. Speaking from experience

The culture of saftey and respect is a privilege in Japan. If you break those rules your punishment should reflect it. Saftey and respect barely exsist in America and our prisons reflect that.

Finally, a prison system with order and discipline unlike those in the US and many South American countries.

My daughter in law is Japanese and therefore my grandson. I’ve visited Okinawa for 3 months and let me say JAPAN IS A GREAT COUNTRY in every way! Whether it’s an orderly prison, education system or crime rate……it’s a GREAT place to raise children!!!

Im mexican and loved this system, injustice is everywhere, prison is for rehabilitation but in my country is a crime college

21:51 "It's not the deco that drives you crazy, it's the rules." Dude you're in prison.

This prison is so clean! And I think structure and discipline are excellent instruments in rehabilitation and in maintaining a peaceful, safe place of accountability.

I went through two US military bootcamps and this reminds me of that. Even the punishment of being forced to sit in one spot and do nothing all day (it was called being sent to "sleepers" when I was in the Navy). And we feared that more than anything. Japanese citizens are taught from childhood to be respectful of others and of their surroundings. Discipline is important to them. Pretty much the exact opposite in most countries around the world.

This is the way all prisons should be.

They make out like this prison system is bad when it’s the complete opposite.

Only the Intro shows Respect. Look at how clean that Prison is. Order and Discipline is what will help inmates. Not intimidation, fear, extortion or corruption. If the Army can, So can the Prison System.

Seems to be a very good prison system tbh. Better than in most other countrys!

“Work is a way for prisoners to learn to socialize” 2 seconds later… “The inmates are not allowed to talk to each other during working hours…” 😂😂😂😂

That old lady at @36:40 is so sweet, she really lifted my spirits today.

The reason for discipline, order that translate to low prison population in Japan starts early from Kindergarten, Most Japanese students walk to school and clean class rooms themselves Unlike the overrated US where everything is over hyped and politicized.

I can see where the super structured routine would be very good for many people, not just controlling and reforming criminals. The silence is reminiscent of a religious retreat I attended, (voluntarily!). I found the silence hard at first, but then strangely calming. I left feeling myself spiritually redirected and my emotional equilibrium restored after a traumatic year on my job.

this prison system is awesome - If some politician promised to start converting our prisons to Japanese style prisons, he'd have my vote.

They don’t play.

This is a shining example of how a prison system should be run

That's a rest home compared to some other prisons 😊

The Japanese also don't allow criminals from third world countries to enter or remain in Japan. You think that might have something to do with the low crime rate there?

I’m most affected by the lady that spent 20 years in prison for killing her daughter in the house fire! Omgosh she was practically tortured to nod her head in “confession”, miraculously they said got another trial, which rarely happens, then by her & others putting together a deluxe video display of how the fire spread, etc., she is released with a ‘ooops we’re sorry, here’s 750k for your years,,off you go!” Now she is over 60 with it hanging over her head! That ole guy that was so tortured he wont talk again. Sad how they get confessions too. 🥺

A disciplinary hell? Really? This is how every prison should work worldwide. This is luxury hotel, with some rules. So what do you expect as a criminal? Always complaining about the situation they are responsible for themselves.

the west could learn from this. There is a cultural difference in that discipline is part of Japanese culture and the prisoners are almost all Japanese. Japanese Society is essentially a monoculture unlike the WEST where we have multi cultures and an attitude that allows prisoners to behave like animals.

I must say, being very familiar with prisons here, the Japanese prisons are immaculately clean. Also, having to work is indeed a very important part of rehabilitation. Having to live a disciplined, regulated life has undoubtedly been shown to be an indispensable tool for rehabilitation in many cases. And it appears that the high level of supervision could decrease the incidence of prisoners hurting or killing each other. But the "hostage justice" confession based system is just shameful. How many lives have been ruined like this😈

Im seriously amazed and think nz prisons should be the same as this. It might help all the crazy loud people inside calm down and also teach them to be respectful. You can learn alot from here. This is good.

Probably the cleanest prison known to man kind. 😉 Thank you for sharing with us. 🙏🙏💖💖

Wow. Just wow can we PLEASE implement this is America PLEASE

If this is about Carlos Gohsn, do people in Japan know that his father had killed a priest and, after serving his sentence, that is why the family had been forced to flee to Brazil?

People think they carry things too far and are too old fashioned, but I think it’s one of the few places in the world where there’s any real value left from history. Everything now is so easy and convenient, Japan proves things can be worth something these days, with the exception of bad karaoke they really have it together

This program is fascinating beyond belief. It seems to me that this system defines “prison”, or what prison should be. It appears to be in many ways to be far superior to other countries. Very controversial. Thank you for sharing

All my friends who visit Japan LOVE IT ❤. Incredibly polite, safe, clean, beautiful countryside. Australia is turning into America, gang violence, stabbings, home invasion and no repercussions on anyone under 16 hardly ever. Give me Japanese people anyday.😊

Fascinating.

Carlos looks like he is the Grinch’s long lost brother lol

I definitely do not have a problem with order and discipline but sometimes people can just literally lose it so that's what I feel like there should be some limit to madness

Japan is awesome and how clean it is, even the prison

The only truly weird part about that festival outside the prison, was it was outside the prison. In America they do those exact types of things just not generally anywhere near the prison. They give the children bags full of pencils, stickers, papers, and other junk to get them interested. Everyone cheers on their love for law enforcement.

these people are describing the disciplinary system as if it's inhumane when the guard is quite literally describing giving a **time out** as punishment for inappropriate behavior. a time out. yknow. a punishment commonly given to children. are we seriously going to pretend that a time out is "inhumane"? 💀 the french dude being all out of sorts over what is essentially a system of time outs is so telling.

They’re in prison to be punished. It’s organized, clean, quiet, and the prisoners work, exercise, are well fed and get some free time. It’s not a bloody holiday resort.

"Through work, inmates learn to socialise" "Prisoners are not allowed to talk to eachother during working hours" Pick one

48 years, that poor little old man.

This documentary is so interesting.

Very good documentary

Can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. I and millions of foreigners have lived in Japan without being arrested or incarcerated. Maybe try that, so you don’t have to see how the prison system works.

In traditional Japan, prisoners were exiled to a small island (Sado). But Japan itself is a series of islands and the society is highly regulated and controlled. So this video made me feel like I was watching a prison *within* a prison. Irony.

Very very interesting documentary

EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY ❤❤❤❤

That beat at 3:24 is 🔥

Here in Australia we have a similar system but not quite as rigid. Our prisons are in three levels starting with the punishment regime and if you show an ability to be rehabilitated and the sentence allows it, you are moved to a less struct regime and then in your last two years to a prison farm. But you have to go through the levels. The methods of isolation, silence and inactivity are effective in correcting bad behaviour. Our new Prisons Commissioner is from the Russian system which is like the Japanese system. But you cannot use jail to be your provider in old age. We have an Aged Care system for that. You will not starve or be destitute in our system.

After teaching in public high school in Japan, it's quite a similar vibe and look.

Firstly I’d like to say that visiting Japan 🇯🇵 is something I’d love to do. It’s not very surprising to me how clean the prison is, and the order there seems to be within the prison Japan, as a country seem to be people with high mole values. They still seem to respect the elder population mostly. Yes, I’m sure there are problems with poverty and crime, as is in any country in the world. However, I’m sure the crime rates and thinkers and reoffending is a lot less and other developed countries around the world.

Very clean and discipline, good examples to any worst jail around the world.nice nice.

Why are people shocked when discipline comes in many different forms? Why are people shocked when another country's culture differs from theirs? But most importantly why are people shocked that a prison isn't supposed to be a pleasant place to stay?

I went through basic training in 1970 and what I'm seeing here is very similar.

You go to their country you follow their rules simple as that

This _reporter/journalist_ apparently has never seen what the Prison System is like in other countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Philippines, Turkey, Mexico and --- the U.S. + the U.K, just to name a few! She would quickly change her mind if she were to ever visit any of the prisons mentioned. When I was around 10 y.o., my parents sent me to a Military type Private Academy where I graduated from, and I will say this: It was 3 times STRICTER than the Prisons depicted in this documentary! I wish that Academy was more like the Prison system in Japan! They would wake us up at 5 AM, every day and we would have to clean our rooms ( _we were 4 students/cadets in every room_ ), make sure EVERY SINGLE THING was in order and in its place, and our beds had to be made a certain way --- because when the DORM MISTRESS came into our rooms, she would toss a quarter onto each of our beds, and if that coin didnt BOUNCE off the mattress, our "punishment" would be to STRIP our beds entirely, take the mattress and RUN up and down a hill with it carrying it over our head for an hour, and it didnt matter what the weather was like outside, you did it or you got punished even more severely; plus --- there was "corporal punishment" at the time, where our so called "superiors" had the right to physically punish us, and it wasnt something we could call home and complain about, since our parents KNEW the rules prior to placing us in there. It was hard on us younger kids up there, especially during the first 2 years, but after my 3rd year there, I became accustomed to the "disciplinary routine" and settled in. Im grateful to my parents today for putting me there, I learned discipline and made life-long friends, but it was way stricter than the prisons in Japan on so many levels.

Great! Can’t wait!

This is how it should be. Instead of letting them just hang out all day like theyre at camp an eating snacks.

Need a documentary about Jonny somalia and his time in prison bet he is learning faster than skynet

Trying to wrap my head around the "horrors" of what seems to be the best run prison on earth, by miles.

Go to a prison anywhere else in the world being at the risk of attacks/murder/rape or go to a Prison in Japan to follow rules? The French guy would run back to this one.

A prison that isnt ran by inmates… finally

That was very interesting. It does seem to reflect Japanese life in general. I would prefer imprisonment in Jspan to what's available in the UK.

When you say prisoners are not supposed to talk to each other; If you look at Chinese Factories in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 the management are like, don't they know that they are not supposed to talk while working.

God bless you in your journeys

That instrumental at 3:25 is crazy

To think that these fantastic , sharp , on point , motivating guards are getting paid less then the lazy unprofessional guards we have in USA prisons fools me

35:30 "I was *forced* to use methods" .... poor thing! We've heard this kind of defense before... 🙄

Running our prisons like this would be a huge improvement.

As someone interested in understanding different prison systems, it's fascinating to see how the Japanese approach emphasizes strict rules and discipline to create a sense of order and purpose for prisoners. This structured environment aims to guide individuals towards rehabilitation and eventual reintegration into society, offering a path to becoming productive citizens. In contrast, Western prisons are often criticized for potentially fostering chaos by allowing more freedom and access to modern comforts within the prison walls. This leniency can sometimes lead to a lack of accountability and motivation for inmates to work towards positive change and reintegration into society. Both systems have their strengths and weaknesses, with the Japanese system focusing on discipline and regimentation while the Western system may prioritize individual rights and autonomy. The key lies in finding a balance that effectively promotes rehabilitation and reduces recidivism, taking into account cultural norms, societal values, and available resources for prisoner programs and support.

The US could never.. Japan never fails to disappoint me.

Superb

I worked the Arizona prison system as a supervisor for 20 years. Arizona prisons dirty are unsafe for both staff and inmates,minimum compliance to prison rules is tolerated, staff are usually burnt out within a couple of years.

Very informatice

Too bad American prisons aren’t like this.

I have lived in Japan for 23 years. It’s simple you follow the rules and respect the culture you won’t have a problem. I don’t like Carlos goan why did he leave if he didn’t have anything to hide?? I still think he is a liar and nearly broke a huge motor giant. You don’t run if you don’t have have anything to hide. The man is a coward

She calls it a "disciplinary hell"???? Is she talking about somewhere else. Order, cleanliness and obedience. Jails around the world should be following Japan's example.

I think that this prison system of Japan is very respectful of human life and treats prisoners with dignity. Prisoners in this country have better facilities and have better living conditions compared to other Asian prisons.

One of the best prison systems I have ever seen.

That's because the U.S.A is slowly turning into a hell hole that nobody wants to live in anymore. As a country we have so so so much to learn about other society's.

Wow very organised and cleaned seems like in home. the door of cell not like full iron its look like normal door.

Now do a documentary on their victims, you know, for transparency, and lets see how you can feign disdain for their support system, and rehabilitation. Also, when does french boy become a genius, before or after going to prison?. If that's what it takes to be labelled a genius, you can forget it. I think you misunderstand what genius is.

Now lets see the max security

As a western that practices Buddhist/Shinto concepts. This looks pretty nice. Would I want it? No, but Id chose this over western concepts any day. Because life after would simply be the same, structure and discipline. Only negative aspects would be anxiety, due to lack of social concepts.

I have said it before, and I say it again. Nobody shall have to face prison sentence, and certainly not death penalty, for a crime they never did. Losing a child in a housefire is bad enough, but to be wrongfully convicted for it is awful. The police's job is to investigate and find out what really happened, not to find a scapegoat at all cost by forcing people to confess.

I admire that the criminals are to "respect" the rules. That wording alone tells you all you need to know about Japanese perspective on life. It's beautiful.👏 Unfortunately, Respect is just as uncommon as common sense nowadays.

They look so okay

the guard said working helps them learn to socialize, but theyre not allowed to talk while they work... smh

omg what a clean and orderly prison. wow

the japanese strange people but in a good way,i admire there discipline,the west seems to be the opposite

How fitting they would show Carlos Ghosn in it, the guy is a criminal and he used the classic "Japanese are all racist xenophobes with a terrible judicial system" card to sway public opinion towards his side (he left his own trusted business partner back in Japan to face the music).

My room is more like a prison compared with how neat and organized their cell is.

so interesting

Was hoping to see Johnny Somali in here 🤣

US justice system needs to take a leaf out of Japans prison system book I reckon. Maybe criminals will think twice about reoffending! Truth be told, the US government are happy the ways things are, I mean if criminals stop offending, the economy would probably collapse?

I'm starting to think that I was Japanese in my previous lifetime, having such a profound adoration for rules and order.

imagine being able to get some peace and quiet when it's time to sleep. sheesh Japan on a different level.

Is that a prison? It’s look like a summer camp