During a Diet session last week, Japan’s Ministry of Justice announced it had broadened a directive initially sent to all penal institutions in 2014 that effectively bans the use of restraints on imprisoned pregnant women inside delivery rooms.
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Justice Minister Ryuji Koizumi said on Feb. 22 that he has ordered staff in prisons and other criminal justice facilities to use proper language and not the slang commonly used behind bars.