title: Hiroshima Detention House
text: # Hiroshima Detention House
  
  Hiroshima Detention House (広島拘置所, Hiroshima Kōchisho) is a correctional facility in Naka-ku, Hiroshima. 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
  
  * Hiroaki Hidaka, serial killer
  * Yasuaki Uwabe, mass murderer
  