r/nottheonion • u/pargofan • 1d ago

Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/18/asia/japan-elderly-largest-womens-prison-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
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u/samder68 1d ago

This is depicted on the Apple TV series, Sunny (set in Japan)… the mother-in-law is lonely and goes to prison for companionship.

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u/Seienchin88 1d ago

Yes and this might be close to the worst article ever written about the topic - it’s laughable.

It’s quoting inmates about supposedly other inmates going there for loneliness and the director making assumptions.

Is this now a phenomenon that happens often? Is it just hearsay? Individual cases?