What’s jail like for millionaire Carlos Ghosn? – The Wall Street Journal

DUBLIN – The rich and powerful seldom end up in jail. They usually have the connections and money to secure their own freedom. So the sight of former Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn stuck in a Japanese jail is unusual. Ghosn, who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, has been incarcerated in Tokyo for over two months now on financial mismanagement charges. The ongoing scandal has attracted a lot of attention, with Ghosn alleging a conspiracy to get him off the board while Nissan says an internal investigation uncovered his misbehaviour. According to this Wall Street Journal article, he has found the conditions in his cell to be unsatisfactory. Personally, I imagine that a Japanese jail can't be that terrible. Certainly, he would likely find conditions elsewhere in Asia a lot less hospitable. Either way, it's intriguing to get a look inside a prison cell from someone who never expected to be there. – Felicity Duncan

Ghosn in Prison: No Clock, No Computer and 30 Minutes a Day Outside

By Nick Kostov

PARIS—Carlos Ghosn said he is allowed daily, 30-minute outdoor breaks on the roof of the detention center where he has been held for more than two months. Without a clock or watch, he has "no sense of time," according to a jail house interview with the former auto executive published Thursday.

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