The Ministry of Justice is considering the new name of the sentence when "imprisonment" and "imprisonment" are unified, centering on "imprisonment", and if the conclusion is reached, it will be necessary for the ordinary Diet session next year. I want to submit a bill.
It has been pointed out that among the sentences that accompany detention, the "imprisonment sentence", which requires prison work, spends a lot of time on the work and therefore has few opportunities to receive guidance to prevent recidivism.
For this reason, the Legislative Council has unified it into "imprisonment", which does not require prison work, and demands that it be easier to receive guidance and education programs to prevent recidivism, in addition to prison work according to the characteristics of the inmates. increase.
In response to this, the Ministry of Justice has a policy of unifying the two sentences, and when interviewed with experts such as criminal law experts about the name of the new sentence at that time, it says that "severity as a punishment is necessary". Opinions such as pointing out and "a concise and clear one is appropriate" were given.
And the Ministry of Justice is proceeding with the examination centering on the "imprisonment", which was the most popular among the 16 name proposals, and said that it would like to submit a draft amendment to the criminal law to the ordinary Diet session next year when the conclusion is reached. is.