Seems like it, yes. I believe that the smartest way to view this place is as a temporary stop. A some kind of purgatory while we wait for our sentencing. Though true nature of how that all works in practice is left unclear to us.

[Akechi has a few theories about the nature of this place, but doesn't feel secure enough to share them with a stranger yet.]

A couple of months. I've seen people both come and go. Oh, by the way my name is Goro Akechi. May I ask for yours?