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Hiroshima Detention House

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Background

Hiroshima Detention House (広島拘置所, Hiroshima Kōchisho) is a correctional facility in Naka-ku, Hiroshima. A part of the penal system of Japan, it is operated by the Ministry of Justice. One of Japan's seven execution chambers is in this facility.

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Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

Naka-ku

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Jitsuo Kitamura
    1944–2025 · yakuza
  • Takayuki Fukuda
    1981

    Takayuki Ōtsuki (大月 孝行, Ōtsuki Takayuki) (born March 1981), originally named Takayuki Fukuda (福田 孝行, Fukuda Takayuki), was the perpetrator of the Hikari City Mother and Child Murder Incident (光市母子殺害事件, Hikari-shi Boshi Satsugai Jiken) in Hikari, Yamaguchi, Japan on 14 April 1999.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Hiroshima Detention House. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hiroshima-detention-house
Chicago
"Hiroshima Detention House." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hiroshima-detention-house.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-hiroshima-detention-house,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Hiroshima Detention House},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hiroshima-detention-house},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}