En este impactante documental, exploramos la vida en la prisión Fu Chu, una de las más estrictas de Japón, donde más de2,000 internos, incluyendo un alto número de extranjeros, enfrentan un régimen penitenciario severo. A través de los testimonios de dos presos franceses, descubrimos las duras condiciones de las cárceles en Japón y cómo los métodos utilizados han llevado a ex-convictos a demandar al Estado Japonés. Amnistía Internacional también ha denunciado estas prácticas por considerarlas violaciones a los derechos humanos. Este documental ofrece una mirada única y sin precedentes a las dependencias de la cárcel Fu Chu, revelando la realidad de aquellos que viven tras sus rejas. ¡No te lo pierdas!
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00:00:00All right, one more time.
00:00:02One more time.
00:00:03All right, get in line.
00:00:07Get in line.
00:00:08We're going to have a demonstration.
00:00:09Begin the demonstration.
00:00:18All right, get in line.
00:00:20We're going to have a demonstration.
00:00:50Get in line.
00:00:52Get in line.
00:01:03Get in line.
00:01:04Stop.
00:01:05No.
00:01:20in other prisons in the country.
00:01:28It took three months to get a sentence
00:01:34and they ended up sentencing me to three years in prison.
00:01:41The contacts were made in this neighborhood,
00:01:45in a club where they do business, the Indians,
00:01:48the Nepalese, the Pakistanis.
00:01:53We met in chai shops,
00:01:56bars where people come to have tea.
00:01:58The Nepalese did not have the right to enter Japan
00:02:01because of drug trafficking,
00:02:05so they came here looking for travelers like me,
00:02:08who are easy prey for these organizations.
00:02:12A Swiss man who had already done this kind of work
00:02:17and he put me in contact with the Nepalese to make a trip.
00:02:21How much money were you going to get?
00:02:23About a thousand dollars,
00:02:26a thousand American dollars.
00:02:28We went up together to a room and then everything happened very quickly.
00:02:32I took off my clothes, they put a kilo of hashish on my waist with a spade,
00:02:36I took a taxi and left.
00:02:39When I got to the airport, I didn't even have time to check my bags.
00:02:43I got on the plane with my travel bag.
00:02:46When we arrived in Tokyo, I got off the plane,
00:02:48I went through customs control and they immediately began to interrogate me.
00:03:08I am from Toulouse.
00:03:10I left school to be able to travel and complete my training,
00:03:14among other things, my English.
00:03:18When they arrested me, I came from Thailand.
00:03:22I have visited a few countries, such as Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka or Japan,
00:03:31and I have met a lot of people.
00:03:35We came to Japan and this is where it all happened.
00:03:40They arrested me at Narita airport.
00:03:44Between the German who was with me and me,
00:03:47we were carrying a total of about 800 grams of cannabis.
00:03:50There was a customs control.
00:03:52We had to carry about 400 grams each.
00:03:56The German was wearing his part in the shoes,
00:03:59which surprised me, since he was supposed to have to swallow it.
00:04:02I was wearing mine in my stomach.
00:04:06So they wouldn't have stopped me from not having taken it before.
00:04:11In fact, the German reported me.
00:04:15He said we were going together.
00:04:17And I was arrested for four years,
00:04:19just for carrying less than 800 grams of cannabis.
00:04:25The first thing they do is give you a number,
00:04:28that is, take away your identity.
00:04:30Now my name is 4182.
00:04:33When you get to Fuchu,
00:04:35the first week you have to learn your number in Japanese.
00:04:39You have to get into the system,
00:04:41familiarize yourself with Japanese,
00:04:43and learn the discipline, the regulation,
00:04:45go to training.
00:04:47But I think the most difficult thing of all
00:04:49is to familiarize yourself with Japanese.
00:04:54The training takes a long time.
00:04:57Several months.
00:04:59You have to swallow the code,
00:05:02which is a 40-page sheet, at least.
00:05:09With all the rules you have to observe in prison.
00:05:12The exercises you have to do,
00:05:14the way you move.
00:05:22Extract from the Fuchu prison regulations. Prologue.
00:05:26From today you are in Fuchu prison.
00:05:29Where more than 2,000 people
00:05:31are sentenced and have to live together.
00:05:34That is why order and discipline have to reign.
00:05:37Because it is inconceivable that everyone
00:05:39does whatever they want.
00:05:41This prompted us to define a series of rules
00:05:44more numerous than those that govern normal life.
00:05:47This brochure will explain what you have to know and do
00:05:50during your stay in this prison.
00:05:52If you do not want to get into trouble,
00:05:55it is up to you to read this brochure until the end.
00:05:58We hope that this brochure will allow you
00:06:00to fulfill your penance without mishaps,
00:06:02and that when you leave this prison
00:06:04you can reintegrate into normal society.
00:06:14Fuchu prison was originally created
00:06:17to accommodate the re-incidents,
00:06:19that is, those criminals
00:06:21who have already been sentenced several times.
00:06:23Thus, it can be said that the people who stay here
00:06:26have been meticulously selected.
00:06:31The prison population of Fuchu
00:06:33is divided more or less in this way.
00:06:36Something less than 500 foreigners,
00:06:38400 cases considered pathological,
00:06:41900 cases related to drug addiction,
00:06:44and 840 cases from organized crime,
00:06:47known as Yakuza,
00:06:49the Japanese mafia.
00:06:51The average sentence per prisoner is 5.1,
00:06:53being the record 40 rooms in prison.
00:06:57Thus, the peculiarity of Fuchu prison
00:07:00is that it welcomes the most difficult cases to deal with.
00:07:10The organization within the cells is very strict.
00:07:14At the time I was there,
00:07:16there were about 300 foreign prisoners.
00:07:19When the guard looked out the window,
00:07:21he had to see exactly the same thing in each cell.
00:07:24The objects had to be exactly in the same position in each cell,
00:07:28and the prisoner the same.
00:07:30Without going any further, you can't stand up.
00:07:32It is strictly forbidden.
00:07:35You are not allowed to stretch your legs on the tatami either.
00:07:38You have to be in the lotus position.
00:07:40It is strictly forbidden to lean against the wall.
00:07:45It is forbidden to look out the window.
00:07:49That is, you have to be in the cell occupying your position,
00:07:52at the table,
00:07:54and to dedicate yourself to some kind of intellectual activity,
00:07:57such as studying Japanese or reading.
00:08:01It is strictly forbidden to be idle.
00:08:20Attention!
00:08:31In short, Fuchu prison is one of the most important prisons.
00:08:36In addition, it is one of those that welcomes the largest number of foreigners.
00:08:40The capacity of the Fuchu prison is about 2,600 seats,
00:08:44although we currently have about 2,300 prisoners.
00:08:47When you shake your hand,
00:08:49your elbow should be stretched,
00:08:51but you should not shake it loosely.
00:08:53If you hold it,
00:08:55you should shake it quickly,
00:08:57and you should shake it quickly.
00:08:59When you shake your hand,
00:09:01your elbow should be stretched,
00:09:03but you should shake it quickly,
00:09:05and you should shake it quickly.
00:09:08You should shake it quickly.
00:09:11Especially when you are doing footwork on the spot,
00:09:14you have to raise your legs high,
00:09:16otherwise only one person's legs will not fit.
00:09:31Don't look to the left.
00:09:33Face only to the right.
00:09:35Face only to the right.
00:09:37Raise and lower your legs quickly.
00:09:40Stand up!
00:09:42Rest!
00:09:44Attention!
00:09:46Face only to the right.
00:09:48Face only to the right.
00:09:50Face only to the right.
00:09:56The staff that works here
00:09:58is about 550 people,
00:10:00of which 360 are in direct contact with the prisoners.
00:10:05The treatment we give to the prisoners in Fuchu
00:10:08is nothing out of the ordinary,
00:10:10because in Japan,
00:10:12the goal of the prison
00:10:14is to rehabilitate the individuals.
00:10:20This means depriving them
00:10:22of a principle of their freedom,
00:10:24then reducing their criminal impulses,
00:10:27and finally,
00:10:29reducing the possibility
00:10:31of reinsertion in society.
00:10:48Our role is to help them,
00:10:50and our main objective
00:10:52is to prevent them from reincarnating.
00:11:02Attention!
00:11:06Attention!
00:11:08Attention!
00:11:32The staff that works here
00:11:34is about 550 people,
00:11:36of which 360 are in direct contact with the prisoners.
00:11:42The treatment we give to the prisoners
00:11:44is nothing out of the ordinary,
00:11:46because in Japan,
00:11:48the goal of the prison
00:11:50is to rehabilitate the individuals.
00:11:55Our role is to help them,
00:11:57and our main objective
00:11:59You have to follow a very strict code.
00:12:16In the morning they distribute the food.
00:12:19Everything is timed to the second.
00:12:21Then they pass a list and you have to say your number.
00:12:24As soon as you go to rest for a while, you have to go back to bed like in the army,
00:12:28folding the mattress by a centimeter.
00:12:31The towel has to be exactly in its place, not a centimeter further.
00:12:35The shelves have to be in order.
00:12:37It is strictly forbidden to use the bathroom or brush your teeth unless you have been
00:12:41allowed to.
00:12:42Each act, each gesture is strictly organized and timed.
00:12:58Extract from the Fuchú prison regulations, chapter 7, the work.
00:13:26In the first place, it is mandatory to work.
00:13:30Work is the most important aspect of a prisoner's life.
00:13:33Even in social life, work is considered a normal and fundamental thing.
00:13:39The law forces the prisoner to accept any job assigned to him.
00:13:43For this reason, even if the job assigned to him does not correspond to his preferences,
00:13:48the prisoner must work with zeal and conscience.
00:13:51Denying to work, neglecting or asking to be assigned one or another job are acts that
00:13:57go against this obligation and, consequently, are highly rejectable, since the law imposes
00:14:04on the prisoner to work, the prisoner to make an effort properly and work with zeal.
00:14:34They make you work 7 days a week, 8 hours a day.
00:15:02They make you leave your cell in military training, escorted by a guard.
00:15:08Then you change your uniform, which takes a minute or a minute and a half.
00:15:12They pass you a list again and you have to give your number again.
00:15:16Before you start working, they make you recite a series of principles.
00:15:20There are five fundamental principles, to be honest, to be in harmony with the environment,
00:15:25etc.
00:15:26Then each one goes to his position and then the captain and the master of ceremonies come,
00:15:31that is, the main guard who goes up to a rostrum.
00:15:36There is a guard for every 80 prisoners.
00:15:39In each unit of work we were more or less 3% foreigners.
00:16:31As for the departure signal, the only thing that
00:17:02counts is productivity.
00:17:03They control everything you do, your productivity, your behavior ...
00:17:08Of course, any superfluous gesture is terminally prohibited, such as looking out the window,
00:17:14chatting with a colleague ...
00:17:18The only thing that counts is being productive.
00:17:21When you are sent to jail in Japan, you are sentenced to forced labor.
00:17:30It is mandatory to work, it is completely impossible to get rid of it.
00:17:35In your cell they never allow you to be idle, in fact, leisure is something that does not exist.
00:17:39They train you to work, to be productive.
00:17:49Forced labor has nothing to do with forced labor or slavery.
00:18:00What we do is teach prisoners techniques so that they can acquire the knowledge and
00:18:04practice necessary to perform a trade.
00:18:13There are many activities for prisoners, carpentry, sewing, Moroccan, cauldron, repair
00:18:24of cars, etc.
00:18:43In Japan, prisoners do not receive a salary.
00:18:57Although today, the state gives them a gratification based on their performance and good behavior.
00:19:03It is a symbolic salary.
00:19:15To get an idea, after two years, I did not earn more than 40 francs, about 6 euros,
00:19:21and that money ended up being re-injected into the prison system.
00:19:25We had to pay for toothbrushes, soap, toothpaste,
00:19:29Let's say that the first week is quite intense, because you have to learn everything.
00:19:40How to move, how to walk, sit, eat, greet, respect the officers and the other prisoners.
00:19:47You have to forget everything you know to enter this system, in this prison system, which
00:19:52is a military and cultural system.
00:19:54As you have to learn everything again, you are forced to face another culture.
00:20:06We are going to explain the rules of life in this prison.
00:20:10They are very important.
00:20:15First we are going to talk about the meals, which is surely what worries you the most.
00:20:24There are three menus, menu A, menu B and menu C.
00:20:33Menu A has 1650 calories.
00:20:44We calculate the amount of food of each prisoner, depending on their work.
00:20:51For example, those who work a lot, or spend a lot of time standing, we give them menu A.
00:20:59Those who work sitting, we give them menu B.
00:21:07Those who work in their cell, folding paper, for example, we give them menu C.
00:21:19In the Fuchu prison, we also have many foreign prisoners, so those who are used to eating bread, or can not eat rice, we give them bread.
00:21:50This is today's meal.
00:21:54Rice, bread and menu B.
00:22:12It tastes good.
00:22:17Lunch is at noon.
00:22:19First we stop the machines, then we check that all the tools are in place, we line up and go to the dining room.
00:22:29We have a quarter of an hour to eat.
00:22:31Of course, it is forbidden to speak.
00:22:36The only thing you hear is the noise of the prisoners chewing, something that the Japanese are very good at.
00:22:45Hunger?
00:22:47No, I have not been hungry.
00:22:49Anyway, food is the least.
00:22:52I think after a while you stop thinking about it.
00:22:54In fact, food is nothing of the other world, it does not taste like anything.
00:22:57They are basic foods, you eat because you have to eat and period.
00:23:01Usually there is enough quantity, but that is the least.
00:23:08It is not a primary concern.
00:23:11There is enough to eat and that's it.
00:23:14And when you finish eating, you empty your bowl.
00:23:17Of course, it is forbidden to throw food.
00:23:20Then they gave us eight minutes in which they allowed us to speak to each other, but in a low voice.
00:23:42Of course, it is forbidden to get up or move inside the dining room.
00:23:48When the eight minutes have passed, you return to work following the same ritual.
00:23:53They check your number, etc.
00:24:17One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
00:24:36When you arrive and discover that system, you are very surprised because you think,
00:24:40I am becoming a robot, they are training me to be a robot.
00:24:44I don't have an identity, I don't have a name, I'm just a number.
00:24:47Turn right, turn left, move forward, bend the metal, weld, point how much you have welded.
00:24:52You have to become a robot, no more, no less.
00:25:01Well, it is very hard, because it is a waste of time, a continuous struggle.
00:25:08You have to accept it, but it is very hard to face loneliness, the lack of communication.
00:25:15Sometimes you can sink.
00:25:17At first, I even cried.
00:25:20For all the deprivations, for loneliness, for having to live in these conditions and lose four years of my life.
00:25:28And that, in my case, is four years, because there are other prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment,
00:25:33to life imprisonment, for murder, or sentenced to eight or ten years, so it depends.
00:25:40But yes, sometimes you come down.
00:25:44It is a struggle.
00:25:47It is an effort, a meditation work to move forward and find yourself.
00:26:03It is a struggle.
00:26:15One thing that always fascinated me is that there would be no more than one guard for every hundred prisoners.
00:26:20And that we were surrounded by yakuzas, the most dangerous elements of the Japanese mafia.
00:26:26As far as the tools are concerned, we have checked everything, and the loan system works very well.
00:26:41So, as far as I am concerned, I have never felt in danger.
00:26:46As you saw a while ago, there are many dangerous tools, which could be used as weapons,
00:26:53but here trust reigns.
00:26:56I trust the prisoners, and they trust me.
00:27:01We have not had incidents, assaults or escapes for a long time,
00:27:06because the staff applies the regulations very strictly.
00:27:10We have not had incidents, assaults or escapes for a long time,
00:27:15because the staff applies the regulations very strictly.
00:27:21In addition, we are very concerned about the psychological and emotional well-being of the prisoners.
00:27:32We have not had incidents, assaults or escapes for a long time,
00:27:38because the staff applies the regulations very strictly.
00:27:42We have not had incidents, assaults or escapes for a long time,
00:27:47because the staff applies the regulations very strictly.
00:27:54There are cases of prisoners who committed a crime for reasons linked to a mental illness.
00:27:59There are cases of prisoners who committed a crime for reasons linked to a mental illness.
00:28:05There are many psychiatrists, which is one of their characteristics.
00:28:14When we are forced to put a prisoner in chains,
00:28:19I am in charge of keeping an eye on his health,
00:28:24because they often go on hunger strikes.
00:28:29I am in charge of keeping an eye on his health,
00:28:34because they often go on hunger strikes.
00:28:46The prison regulations are very strict.
00:28:49They don't forgive anything.
00:28:51You can't break them because otherwise they'll punish you.
00:28:54You don't have a choice.
00:28:56You are isolated.
00:28:58You enter what is called a shobatsu or a punishment system.
00:29:01They explain to you that you have to spend six months looking at a wall.
00:29:07They confiscate your mail.
00:29:09They don't let you read or do sports.
00:29:15They take away the little communication you already had,
00:29:19which is what allows you to survive.
00:29:22If they take that away from you, it's a much harder experience.
00:29:28In addition, if you make a mistake,
00:29:31you can be denied conditional freedom.
00:29:37It's a military system, and you have to accept the discipline.
00:29:41The most difficult thing for me is to be alone.
00:29:45The hardest punishment is to spend a whole day meditating,
00:29:50sitting down and with your knees pressed down.
00:29:58For those who don't observe the regulations,
00:30:01the lightest punishment is a verbal warning.
00:30:04Then, there are ten levels of punishment.
00:30:13Many magazines, including Time and Der Spiegel,
00:30:16have published very violent articles about Fuchu's prison.
00:30:20These articles are based mainly on testimonies.
00:30:23The most important of which is that Fuchu,
00:30:26who was a prisoner of war,
00:30:28was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
00:30:31These articles are based mainly on testimonies
00:30:34of former convicts who have sued the Japanese state
00:30:37for the treatment they received during their imprisonment.
00:30:40Amnesty International is interested in this problem
00:30:43and has declared that,
00:30:45like other independent human rights organizations,
00:30:48Amnesty International has not been authorized to visit prisoners
00:30:51to verify the veracity of their allegations of ill-treatment.
00:30:54It has also prevented our organization
00:30:56from inspecting the so-called cells of protection,
00:30:59the wing of the prison in which abusive punishments are supposedly applied.
00:31:02The secrecy that surrounds all aspects of the penitentiary administration in Japan
00:31:06contributes to creating an ideal ground for human rights violations.
00:31:10Neither our team was able to film or visit
00:31:13the so-called protection cells, called Ogobo.
00:31:19The Ogobo are not a punishment.
00:31:22They are what are called protection cells.
00:31:29One has to meet a series of conditions
00:31:32to be locked up in one of them.
00:31:35For example, those who are screaming all the time,
00:31:38those who have a violent behavior,
00:31:41or those who can try to commit suicide,
00:31:44are led to this Ogobo for their own good.
00:31:50Therefore, it cannot be said that the Ogobo are a punishment.
00:31:54Since they make you work eight hours a day,
00:31:57the only way to escape from this prison
00:32:00is to work, to work so as not to think.
00:32:09Nobody is armed.
00:32:12They only have kachiporras.
00:32:15Of course, the guards are all, at least,
00:32:18Kendo or Aikido black belts.
00:32:21In this prison, everyone masters martial arts,
00:32:24but there are no firearms, only kachiporras.
00:32:52No, I've never been afraid.
00:32:55I've never felt fear.
00:32:58What you feel is not fear.
00:33:01Anxiety, yes, but not fear.
00:33:07Personally, I do not feel in danger.
00:33:10Not at all.
00:33:13As I said, the French system is civil,
00:33:16while the Japanese is military.
00:33:20The great advantage of this military system,
00:33:23if you can say, is that we are required
00:33:26a lot of rigor and discipline,
00:33:29but at least we feel safe.
00:33:41In Fuchu, I have the rank of lieutenant
00:33:44and I play the role of instructor.
00:33:49The relationships I maintain with the prisoners,
00:33:52although sometimes it is difficult to qualify them
00:33:55as relationships, are human relationships.
00:34:01They are relationships based on trust,
00:34:04although trust does not have to exclude precaution.
00:34:13I do not carry any weapon.
00:34:16I'm going to show you what I'm wearing.
00:34:23This, for example, is a keibo.
00:34:26There are also wooden ones.
00:34:29We only use it if a prisoner attacks us with a weapon.
00:34:38We can only hit them under the shoulders,
00:34:41never in the head.
00:34:47I do not consider this as a weapon,
00:34:50but as a self-defense instrument.
00:34:57I always carry it with me,
00:35:00but I have not used it in 18 years,
00:35:03and I have never seen a partner using it.
00:35:09If there is drug trafficking in prison,
00:35:12I would be surprised.
00:35:15As soon as you leave the cell,
00:35:18they make you undress and dress again.
00:35:21They control you again.
00:35:24While you are in the factory,
00:35:27the guards inspect your cell thoroughly
00:35:30without leaving a corner.
00:35:33They do not let you keep your mail for more than 10 days.
00:35:36Everything is controlled.
00:35:39You cannot receive a package from the outside world.
00:35:43It is practically impossible to get the tools out,
00:35:46because whenever the work is finished,
00:35:49the same ceremony takes place.
00:35:52And if something is missing, it is seen immediately.
00:35:57Discipline becomes a rite.
00:36:00It is the same as with the monks,
00:36:03who get up at 4 a.m. and eat a bowl of rice.
00:36:06At first you see it as discipline,
00:36:09but you get used to walking in formation,
00:36:12giving zancadas.
00:36:15Since they were excited, I did it.
00:36:18I walked, raised my arms and legs,
00:36:21but my brain was still there, thinking about other things.
00:36:24The brain does not stop thinking,
00:36:27having feelings, analyzing,
00:36:30and tries to subsist in that environment.
00:36:33Walking in formation is not the worst thing that can happen to you.
00:36:36This is like being in a disco.
00:36:39In the end, you end up joking about it.
00:37:06Police! Police!
00:37:30I think there are only cases of harassment
00:37:33when they are provoked by the detainee.
00:37:38In prison, there were prisoners
00:37:41who did not stop complaining about their conditions.
00:37:44You have to fill out a report,
00:37:47where you can say that the food is bad,
00:37:50that they make you work too much,
00:37:53that you would rather sleep another way,
00:37:56that this or that should be done in this or that way.
00:37:59The people who do this
00:38:02are harassing you.
00:38:05The law says you can complain,
00:38:08but that is not the result they are looking for.
00:38:11The worst has already happened.
00:38:14I have already gotten used to the routine.
00:38:17The first thing is to accept yourself,
00:38:20to accept your condition,
00:38:23to accept that you have made a mistake and that you have to fix it.
00:38:26And you have made that mistake in a country that is not yours,
00:38:29and you have to accept the conditions of imprisonment.
00:38:32So the worst has already happened.
00:38:35That is, the first month,
00:38:38the first week and the first month.
00:38:41Then it all depends on each one.
00:38:44If you are willing to enter the system to get out as soon as possible,
00:38:47if you want to get conditional freedom one day,
00:38:50you have to enter the system,
00:38:53to assimilate the conditions that have imposed you.
00:38:59The foreigners are all housed in individual cells.
00:39:02Only the Japanese are in cells between 4 and 7 beds.
00:39:17It is an acceptable situation.
00:39:20You have to be willing to accept it,
00:39:23because if not, it can be very hard, very hard and unpleasant.
00:39:26It is still a military system that requires some discipline.
00:39:29You have to accept the situation.
00:39:32The best way to get ahead is to accept it.
00:39:56Less severe are the rules that concern him.
00:39:59The prisoner thus acquires greater freedom,
00:40:02but also greater responsibility in his behavior and his daily activities.
00:40:09The regulation is designed in such a way
00:40:12that all aspects of the prisoner's life can be controlled.
00:40:15His thoughts, his impulses,
00:40:18ultimately his brain.
00:40:26The guards do nothing to humiliate you.
00:40:29I would not say that we were colleagues,
00:40:32but there was a human relationship.
00:40:35The guard greeted me, I greeted him.
00:40:38At least we had that.
00:40:41Of course, I was just a number,
00:40:44because I was in jail and the regulation demanded it.
00:40:47But there was no harassment of any kind.
00:40:50There was no harassment of any kind.
00:40:53They don't tell you anything to denigrate you.
00:40:56At least I've never had that feeling.
00:40:59I've never had that kind of relationship with the guards.
00:41:02So the regulation has its good side.
00:41:05The regulation explains that being in jail
00:41:08does not imply that you have to waste your time
00:41:11or feel humiliated.
00:41:14On the contrary,
00:41:17the regulation stipulates that one must be optimistic,
00:41:20try to be creative.
00:41:23Maybe that's a lot to say,
00:41:26but at least you have to feel active.
00:41:38During his imprisonment,
00:41:41it is his duty to train psychologically,
00:41:44as well as to acquire knowledge through study,
00:41:47in order to become a full member of society.
00:41:58The principle of the Japanese penitentiary system
00:42:01is currently facing many problems.
00:42:04One of them is the considerable increase
00:42:07of the number of foreign prisoners.
00:42:11As far as foreigners are concerned,
00:42:14the most common crime is the trafficking of marijuana.
00:42:17The second reason for imprisonment is murder.
00:42:20Then there is the trafficking of heroin and robbery,
00:42:23and finally the robbery with the smuggling of marijuana.
00:42:26Our main task is to translate and interpret
00:42:29everything that relates to foreign prisoners.
00:42:33Excerpt from the Fuchu Prison Regulations,
00:42:36Chapter 13. Visits and mail.
00:42:39Point number 3.
00:42:42The mail, both incoming and outgoing,
00:42:45will be censored.
00:42:48As a measure of censorship,
00:42:51the sentences contrary to the regulations
00:42:54will be crossed out,
00:42:57and in some cases the transmission of the mail can be denied.
00:43:01The letters confiscated will be returned to the prison,
00:43:04but it may be burned.
00:43:12If we compare the behavior of Japanese prisoners
00:43:15and that of foreign prisoners,
00:43:18there is not much difference.
00:43:24Foreign prisoners suffer a cultural shock at first,
00:43:27because of the difference in habits,
00:43:30customs, religion, or language.
00:43:36We try to solve these problems in their own language.
00:43:43For me, the good prisoner is the one who reincarnates,
00:43:48the one who has forged a conscience and a solid mind.
00:43:58No, I haven't lost time.
00:44:01No, I don't think so.
00:44:04Two years.
00:44:07No, I haven't lost time.
00:44:10As I see it,
00:44:13it can even be taken advantage of.
00:44:16Thinking about it,
00:44:19it's a bit like the Buddhist monks,
00:44:22who spend six or seven years
00:44:25locked in a cell,
00:44:28but they come out with a philosophy,
00:44:31a vision of life,
00:44:34and they can move on to something else.
00:44:37I see those two years of my life
00:44:40as a great experience.
00:44:43For two years,
00:44:46I have led a life of a monk.
00:44:50I think I'll get over it.
00:44:53I'll try.
00:44:56It's an inner effort.
00:44:59I'll get out of here stronger and I'll win.
00:45:02It's an inner fight.
00:45:19The Olympic Games in Fuchu
00:45:22The Olympic Games start with a selection.
00:45:25Three times a week,
00:45:28we had half an hour of sports,
00:45:31that is, three days a week,
00:45:34and then two half-hour showers.
00:45:37Depending on this,
00:45:40it was determined who would participate
00:45:43in the competitions between workshops.
00:45:49The Olympic Games in Fuchu
00:46:14During these activities,
00:46:17the participants encourage you
00:46:20and prepare you psychologically.
00:46:23They motivate you.
00:46:26They force you to train,
00:46:29to time yourself,
00:46:32to mark your marks,
00:46:35and you follow the rules of the game,
00:46:38which is what a game is for.
00:46:41You take it very seriously,
00:46:44even if the prize is a soap bar
00:46:47or a toothbrush.
00:46:50That is one of the main rules
00:46:53of Japanese culture.
00:46:56Whatever you do,
00:46:59you have to give your all.
00:47:14Last year,
00:47:17the winner was our team,
00:47:20the number 22.
00:47:23Today, no one has forgotten
00:47:26how excited we were last year.
00:47:29We have trained a lot
00:47:32and I have also mentally prepared us
00:47:35to win today.
00:47:44Thank you very much.
00:48:14The Olympic Games in Fuchu
00:48:44The Olympic Games in Fuchu
00:49:14In what sense has Fuchu prison transformed me?
00:49:17I don't know, but for now,
00:49:20it has taught me to adopt an order,
00:49:23a discipline.
00:49:26It has taught me to meditate,
00:49:29to be stronger,
00:49:32to endure loneliness,
00:49:35to study myself and to study without more.
00:49:38As they let you study freely,
00:49:42my stay here has instilled in me
00:49:45the sense of discipline.
00:49:48In any case,
00:49:51it is a stage of my life.
00:49:54I got here and when I leave,
00:49:57I will not be the same,
00:50:00that is clear.
00:50:03It has helped me to structure my life,
00:50:06that is to say, yes,
00:50:09it has been difficult,
00:50:12there have been ups and downs,
00:50:15but I have learned to master myself,
00:50:18to master my temperament,
00:50:21my way of being.
00:50:24I learned to control my nerves,
00:50:27I tried to focus it in this way
00:50:30and assimilate the regulation
00:50:33to suffer as little as possible.
00:50:39I chose this profession
00:50:42because I wanted to help people.
00:50:45In this profession,
00:50:48we have two main objectives.
00:50:51To separate the criminals from society
00:50:54to protect it
00:50:57and at the same time to rehabilitate them.
00:51:00I chose this profession
00:51:03because I wanted to help people.
00:51:07Our objective is also
00:51:10to instill in prisoners
00:51:13another way of seeing things
00:51:16so that they can be reinserted.
00:51:28For example,
00:51:31if a former convict forms a family
00:51:34the human relationship that we have developed together
00:51:37helps him to build his future
00:51:40and is perpetuated over time.
00:51:47I prefer to live day by day
00:51:50without thinking about the future.
00:51:53I do not think about the future, but about the day to day.
00:51:56Now, when I contemplate my future,
00:51:59I see more stability.
00:52:02I want to build a family
00:52:05and forget all this,
00:52:08put this part of my life in parentheses,
00:52:11forget it,
00:52:14and maybe lead a more normal life.
00:52:17That is a normal life.
00:52:20Before it was more or less
00:52:23what is usually called a marginal.
00:52:26I do not know, it depends on the definition
00:52:29but I want to put an end to this
00:52:32and recover a kind of stability.
00:52:35It is difficult to express all this.
00:52:38There are so many things
00:52:41and it is so difficult to think about the future
00:52:44when you are in jail,
00:52:47to think about tomorrow when you still have
00:52:50one or two or three years in jail ahead.
00:52:53There has been a change
00:52:56It is clear that there are things in me
00:52:59that have changed.
00:53:02When you spend two years in a Japanese prison
00:53:05it is impossible not to be transformed
00:53:08and the goal is to change for the better,
00:53:11not for the worse.
00:53:14So yes, there has been a change.
00:53:17Now I know myself better,
00:53:20I control myself more, I am less naïve.
00:53:24You are able not to feel disoriented
00:53:27when you are suddenly released to the real world.
00:53:30Once you have gone through
00:53:33that experience in jail
00:53:36I think it is not so difficult.
00:53:39Chapter 10. Behavior and Recreation.
00:53:42Section 3. Sports and party activities.
00:53:45Point B.
00:53:48To entertain the prisoners
00:53:51and make their lives more pleasant
00:53:54but also to develop through
00:53:57the collective activities of the prisoners
00:54:00and their families.
00:54:03Chapter 11.
00:54:06But also to develop through
00:54:09the collective activities the sense of discipline,
00:54:12the spirit of cordial understanding
00:54:15and the sense of responsibility.
00:54:18Cinema and theater sessions are periodically organized
00:54:21as well as sports competitions.
00:54:24It is recommended to participate actively in them.
00:54:27Point C.
00:54:30During these parties,
00:54:33the prisoners are allowed to scream in excess.
00:54:53It took us two years of negotiations
00:54:56with the Japanese Ministry of Justice
00:54:59and the Fuchu prison administration
00:55:02to get these images.
00:55:05Although in the course of these negotiations
00:55:08we have refused to submit this film
00:55:11to any kind of censorship,
00:55:14however, we agree to add, as an epilogue,
00:55:17three minutes of right of response
00:55:20in case the Japanese penitentiary administration
00:55:23will consider unfair the portrait
00:55:26we have offered of it in this film.
00:55:29In this film we hear the testimony
00:55:32of a former French convict,
00:55:35but his story is far from reality.
00:55:38This man came out of prison 10 years ago
00:55:41and many things have changed since then.
00:55:44His statements are full of exaggerations and misunderstandings.
00:55:47We would be embarrassed if you believed
00:55:50everything he said.
00:55:53There is a great misunderstanding
00:55:56He also says that he was made to bend the futon
00:55:59as if he were in the army,
00:56:02that he was made to walk as if he were in the army.
00:56:05He uses the word army a lot,
00:56:08but I don't think it's the right word.
00:56:14Self-control, discipline and the order of the material
00:56:17are essential to understand
00:56:20the collective life in Japan.
00:56:23His compulsory behavior,
00:56:26even in schools and companies,
00:56:29has nothing to do with the army.
00:56:32This man also assimilates the fact
00:56:35of working seriously with being a robot.
00:56:38Now, concentrating on your work
00:56:41has nothing to do with being a robot.
00:56:44I think that even in private companies
00:56:47personal conversations are forbidden.
00:56:50As an officer of this prison,
00:56:53I think it is natural
00:56:56that we train the prisoners like this
00:56:59to allow them to rehabilitate someday.
00:57:02Finally, it is true that
00:57:05if we compare a Japanese prison
00:57:08with a Western prison,
00:57:11ours may seem very rigorous.
00:57:14Prisons are full of outlaws
00:57:17and to maintain discipline,
00:57:20security and order,
00:57:23we have to train the prisoners
00:57:26as if they were robots.
00:57:29A good discipline also allows
00:57:32to educate and treat the prisoners
00:57:35effectively in order to reintegrate them
00:57:38into society.
00:57:41The officers of our prisons
00:57:44are not armed
00:57:47and despite this,
00:57:50most of the prisoners follow the rules.
00:57:53There are hardly any incidents
00:57:56such as escapes, riots, rapes or murders.
00:57:59In fact, the officers treat the prisoners
00:58:02with great kindness,
00:58:05no matter how strict they are.
00:58:08Another way to achieve this
00:58:11is to take care of the health of the prisoners.
00:58:14We give great importance to the conditions
00:58:17of life of the prisoners,
00:58:20such as clothing, food,
00:58:23clothing, food,
00:58:26clothing, food,
00:58:29clothing, food,
00:58:32food, for our food.
00:58:35The administration of the prison
00:58:38of Fuchu also asked us to indicate
00:58:41that after our shooting,
00:58:44some practices had disappeared
00:58:47and therefore our film
00:58:50they don't have to form a 90-degree angle with their arms, but a 45-degree angle.
00:59:20We are the people, not the enemy.
00:59:23We are the people, not the enemy.
00:59:26We are the people, not the enemy.
00:59:29We are the people, not the enemy.
00:59:32We are the people, not the enemy.
00:59:42Since his release, Filipe has resumed his travels.
00:59:45Today he lives off his photographic reports and his knowledge of the Chinese minorities.
00:59:49Lately, he has been looking for old clothes for a museum in Paris.
00:59:54Siguil was released a year after our interview.
00:59:57In total, he spent two years, ten months and three days in the Fuchu prison.
01:00:02The last time we saw him, he told us that from now on, everything would go well for him.