title: Sendai Detention House
text: # Sendai Detention House
  
  Sendai Detention House (仙台拘置支所, Sendai Kōchi-shisho) is a correctional facility in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai. A part of the penal system of Japan, it is operated by the Ministry of Justice.
  
  One of Japan's seven execution chambers is in this facility.
  
  ## Notable prisoners
  
  * Sachiko Eto (hanged September 27, 2012)
  * Yasuo Hayashi (executed July 26, 2018)
  