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Abashiri Prison

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For the film, see [Abashiri Prison (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abashiri_Prison_(film) "Abashiri Prison (film)"). In part to increase Japanese populations on the island as part of the [Meiji Restoration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration "Meiji Restoration"), the [Meiji government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Government "Meiji Government") implemented [penal transportation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_transportation "Penal transportation") policies for Hokkaido in 1868.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abashiri_Prison#cite_note-:0-2) In April 1890, the Meiji government sent over a thousand political prisoners to the isolated Abashiri village. Many of these political prisoners were [samurai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai "Samurai") from [To

Background

Abashiri Prison (Japanese: 網走刑務所, Hepburn: Abashiri Keimusho) is a prison in Abashiri, Hokkaido that opened in 1890. The northernmost prison in Japan, it is located near the Abashiri River and east of Mount Tento. It holds inmates with sentences of less than ten years. Older parts of the prison were relocated to the base of Mount Tento in 1983, where they operate as the country's only prison museum.

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1890

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Ministry of Justice of Japan

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1890

Region

Sapporo Correctional Precinct

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Mailing

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