Expensive tissue paper at Osaka prison prompts human rights concern

Tissue paper and other daily products sold at Osaka Prison are so expensive that inmates mostly cannot purchase them, a situation amounting to a human rights violation, according to local lawyers.The Osaka Bar Association advised the prison to make improvements in a statement dated March 29 after finding that 800 pieces of tissue sold inside the prison for 594 yen, some 4.5 times higher than the market price.Similarly, toothbrushes sold for 181 yen each, about 1.7 times more expensive that outside, while men's briefs cost 702 yen, about a 1.4-fold markup, according to the bar association.In…READ FULL ARTICLE