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Lawyers decry ban on ‘menacing’ eyewear at Japan prison

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Staff Published August 3, 2022
Last updated: 2022/08/03 at 12:09 PM
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A Japanese prison that banned a convict from wearing his glasses because they made him look “menacing” has come under fire from lawyers who call the decision a rights violation.

The jail in Hokkaido stopped the prisoner bringing in his half-rimmed specs — with a silver bar on top, and no visible frame underneath — while serving his sentence, according to the Sapporo Bar Association, which has issued a warning to the facility.

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