A former U.S. Green Beret who served a prison term for helping former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan said the country’s penal system needs to be reformed to ensure more humane treatment of inmates.
Looking back on his time in prison in Tokyo, Michael Taylor said in late December he suffered “degrading and inhumane treatment,” claiming to have been kept in solitary confinement for 17 months. He also said he was only permitted to take two showers in six months.
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