sacredhands on Jan 11th, 2008Japan Elderly Prison Inmates Requires Handrails Elevators Wheelchair Ramps
You gotta love it…Japan is discovering that housing aging inmates requires “a major revamp of its jails to provide elevators, handrails and wheelchair ramps for incarcerated seniors.” Hell, if it costs $8,000 per month or more to park someone in a nursing home, maybe we could all save some money by giving away all our [...]
sacredhands on Nov 3rd, 2007Japanese Prison Inmates Get Preferential Treatment (Underwear-Like Diapers)
Who knew that doing time for a crime would lead to prisons providing “prescription drugs, wheeled walkers, a stretcher and a box of discreet, underwear-like adult diapers.” Such is the life of elderly prison inmates in Japan. They still are required to perform manual labor tasks for 6 hours a day. One inmate is 88. [...]