逮捕や勾留は「懲らしめ」ではない　人質司法を支えているのは誰か：朝日新聞

This page is a newspaper article from Asahi Shimbun discussing the "hostage justice" problem in Japan's criminal system. Ishizuka Shio, a former judge turned defense lawyer, points out that arrest and detention pressure suspects into false confessions. Although Japanese law treats voluntary investigation as the principle and detention as an exception, statistics show about 71% of defendants at district courts were detained, with only 32% subsequently released on bail. The article questions whether arrest and detention should serve as punishment.