Models of Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships
Japan III
All of the inmates at
PFI prisons receive
some kind of
vocational training,
compared to only 7.3
% of inmates of other
prisons
Paul Leighton. 2014. "A model prison for the
next 50 years": The high-tech, public-private
Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Center. Justice
Policy Journal, 11(1).
The treatment procedure for inmates
Incarceration
Stage1
Stage2
From Shimane Asahi website,
http://www.shimaneasahi-rpc.go.jp/english/torikumi/index.html
Stage3
Education
Release
Stage4
Stage5
Collective
Rehabilitation
Program
(4.5 months)
*For collective
rehabilitation units
Victim
Understanding
Program
(3 months)
"Other than the
above units
Program dealing
with each inmates
problems
(3 months)
Examples:
drugs program,
alcohol program,
sexual violence
program,
SST program
Social Reintegration
Preparation Program
Examples:
self-help groups,
local area participation
activities,
family meetings,
dialogue between
victims and assailants,
employment support,
employment support
program
etc.
Foundation Course (3 weeks)
Course Education "only for those eligible
Work/Occupational Training
Prison Labor
Goods manufacturing: metal, wood products, electrical
machines and utensils, laundry, off-site farm work, etc
Also pre-release guidance (3 days)
*For those who will have served their full sentence upon release
Pre-release program (2 weeks) *For those to be paroled
Occupational Training
Foundation Course (all inmates): Basic computing, fundamental
business RPG, health and safety, quality control, environmental
problems, development of the spirit to want to contribute to society
Specialist subjects (only for those eligible): Hairdresser training,
nursing, medical office work and construction technician training,
electrical engineer, digital content editing, advanced level computer
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