Synopsis
A look at the treatment of prisoners at one of Japan's largest prisons.
- Programme: Inside Japan
- Episode: 08: Love the Criminal, Hate the Crime
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 1980
- Languages | Japanese
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