Overview
- The Tokyo District Court confirmed a settlement in which the state will pay ¥600,000 and the detention center’s director will issue a formal expression of regret.
- The plaintiff had sought ¥2.2 million in damages over a 2021 sexual assault by a prison officer at the facility.
- The settlement commits the center to training on preventing sexual crimes, recognizing staff–detainee power imbalances, and avoiding secondary victimization.
- The officer was criminally convicted in 2022 under the special public‑officer violence and abuse statute, received disciplinary action, and resigned.
- The plaintiff alleges staff discouraged a police report and made him reenact the incident; the settlement includes work to improve reporting procedures, and one outlet reports the former officer separately paid ¥1 million in a prior deal.