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No.164 The Tokyo bridewell (Kosuge)
Kosuge bridewell

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The Tokyo bridewell which was seen from the Kosuge station home


The Tokyo bridewell is the biggest bridewell (the jail) in the country of square meters with about 210,000 pieces of area. It is in 1878 that this place began to be used as the jail and the history is old. It is in 1945 that Kosuge prison became the bridewell of the non-decision 囚 specialty and "a bridewell" was juxtaposed at "the prison". After that, Kyuutou Kyoto bridewell ("SUGAMOPURIZUN"=the 現 sunshine 60 site) was abolished in 1970 and changed a name into "the Tokyo bridewell" from "Kosuge bridewell".
As for the Tokyo bridewell, the facilities are old and consideration of the human rights to non-decision 囚 is said to be the facilities which aren't adequate, and it reconstructs at present and construction is done. The rebuild construction of the Tokyo bridewell is begun in 1997 and the central management building and the southern accommodating building have been complete with the step in April, 2003 (It says that about 1500 被 inmates moved). It says that 1500 become able to be further accommodated when the northern accommodating building is complete.
The entrance for the meeting person and the new management building
The inorganic matter "NAKONKURI-TO" wall which is put in the Ayase river and is built
A watch hangar and a searchlight are built in "KADO" at the site.
A river (or a trench) is begirt here.
Does it make it difficult to flee?
The brick wall to have been made in the Taisho Era
The housing complex in the site is in PAR=0ETC and being the house of the working person
The Tokyo bridewell front entrance


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