Osaka Detention House

is a correctional facility in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka. A part of the penal system of Japan, it is operated by the Ministry of Justice. The Osaka Detention House is also home to one of Japan's seven execution chambers.

Notable prisoners

Current prisoners

• Shinji Aoba - perpetrator in the Kyoto Animation arson attack (sentenced to death)
• Kazuhiro Ogawa - perpetrator in the 2008 Osaka adult movie theater fire.
• Tetsuya Yamagami - perpetrator in the assassination of Shinzo Abe

Former prisoners

• Kaoru Kobayashi (hanged 21 February 2013)
• Mamoru Takuma (hanged 14 September 2004)
• Yukio Yamaji (hanged 28 July 2009)
• Hiroshi Maeue (hanged 28 July 2009)
• Sokichi Furutani (hanged 31 May 1985)
• Yoshihiro Inoue (hanged 6 July 2018)
• Yasutoshi Kamata (hanged 25 March 2016)
• Tomomitsu Niimi (hanged 6 July 2018)
• Keizo Okamoto (hanged 27 December 2018)
• Hiroya Suemori (hanged 27 December 2018)
• Kenichi Watanabe (hanged 16 June 1988)
• Yoshio Yamasaki (hanged 17 June 2008)

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