Right.

So recently, I, I think Kimie Onoda, Japan's minister in charge of a society of well-ordered and harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals, it's a very lengthy name, but she did say that one in four prisoners in Fuchu Prison, which is Japan's largest male- ... uh, correctional facility, one in four of them were non-Japanese as well.

So I think this is a trend that can be extrapolated to other facilities as well.

But, uh, within the Japanese inmate population, I think what also stands out is how old they are.

So just like-

Yes.

Ironically, might kind of make prisons a bit more welcoming for repeat offenders, I, I, I think.

But, but yet again, in this form of rehabilitation, I, I think it, it does solve part of the problem, especially amongst hardened criminals.

Yes

...

these have extensive waiting lists that span months or years, especially in crowded areas.

And even though they are so-called public, uh, you have to pay to get in, right? And the monthly fees are based on their income, their savings, uh, the kinds of needs that they have, and reportedly they could cost a minimum of at least 80,000 yen, which I...

per month, so that translates to about, I think, $750 or so in, in current exchange rates.

So this might not exactly be money that the elderly readily have.

Yes.

Ironically, might kind of make prisons a bit more welcoming for repeat offenders, I, I, I think.