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Fuchu Prison
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Fuchu Prison
Step-by-step guidance using the Japan system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Japan's largest prison. Houses foreign inmates in a dedicated cellblock with separate work programmes.
Capacity
2,800
Current population
1,500
Occupancy
54%
Year opened
1935
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
Ministry of Justice (Correction Bureau)
Population held
male
Opened
1935
Region
Tokyo
Security level
High
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
Strict silence rule during work hours; uniformity in routine emphasized.
Visiting
Visits restricted to family unless approved; 15-30 minutes maximum, supervised. Foreign consular visits arranged separately.
Mailing
Mail screened; limit on number of letters per month based on inmate's behavior grade. Format: 〒183-0057 東京都府中市晴見町4-10 府中刑務所 + name.
Practical info
Visitors should bring photo ID and be prepared for thorough security screening.
Known issues
Reports from foreign embassies of strict discipline, prolonged solitary, and limited medical access for non-Japanese inmates.
Notable inmates
Carlos Ghosn (2018-2019, MOJ Tokyo Detention then bail), Mark Karpelès (2015 pre-trial).
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
Compared to other facilities in Japan
154 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in Japan.
Data completeness
100%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Ministry of Justice Japan
- Federation of Bar Associations of Japan reports
- Ministry of Justice Japan — corrections — 法務省
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.