In Japan, the elderly have begun to voluntarily go to prison because they cannot provide a decent life for themselves. This is reported by CNN. Japan's largest women's prison is filled mostly with elderly people. According to the guards, these women suffered from loneliness and poverty during their freedom. Imprisonment has become the only way for them to survive. "There are even people who say they are willing to pay 20,000 or 30,000 yen a month to live here forever," said an employee at Tochigi Women's Prison.
In prison, they get regular food, free medical care and companionship, which they lack outside the prison.As the 81-year-old woman, who is serving a sentence for stealing food, has become really stable after being behind bars also noted that he was satisfied with the work of the staff and called his fellow prisoners "good people".
According to CNN, about 20% of Japanese people over the age of 65 are extremely poor. As the prison guard told the TV channel, many people appear there in order not to die of cold or hunger and to receive free medical care. That is why elderly Japanese people try to stay in detention as long as possible.
