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Background
Higashi Nihon Immigration Center (also known as East Japan Immigration Center, or Ushiku Detention Center) is one of three immigration detention centers of Japan operated by Ministry of Justice and located in Ushiku, Ibaraki prefecture. It houses approximately 700 people both of males and females. It opened in 1993 for the exceeded capacity of Yokohama Immigration Detention Center. There have been claims among the human rights activists of inmates being detained for lengthy periods. March 11, 2011, because of the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami the old facility was closed.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Higashi Nihon Immigration Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/higashi-nihon-immigration-center
Chicago
"Higashi Nihon Immigration Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/higashi-nihon-immigration-center.
