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Phuket’s White Prison status untainted by porn cache
The overcrowded Phuket Provincial Prison maintained it’s unblemished White Prison status despite dirty magazines, as well as other contraband, being turned up in a pre-dawn raid this morning. “We...
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Jails to raise inmates’ skills
The Corrections Department has come up with an idea to turn its prisons into centres for inmate learning and skills training. Department chief Witthaya Suriyawong yesterday said the training...
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Major reshuffle of prison chiefs
The Justice Ministry yesterday ordered a major reshuffle of the 23 chiefs of major prisons across the country on October 1. Acting Justice Minister Charnchao Chaiyanukij signed the ministerial order...
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Compensation for wrong imprisonment
Soon individuals who were wrongly imprisoned or victims of serious crimes will be able to lodge a police complaint and simultaneously file for compensation with the Rights and Liberties Protection...
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Klong Prem prison’s raid nets 20 cellphones, drugs and many knives
The police and the military arrested a drug trafficker and seized about 20 mobile phones, drugs knives and other sharpened objects in a raid of Klong Prem central prison today (Wednesday). The raid...
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Unrest, fights disrupt two prison centres
Sixteen Pathum Thani prison inmates, mostly with head wounds, were taken to Pathum Thani Hospital yesterday after a brawl. Prison deputy director Danai Yoopaniad said the prisoners had fought each...
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Ministry eyes state bail for poor inmates
The Justice Ministry plans to use money from the Justice Fund to seek bail for inmates remanded on petty charges to reduce prison overcrowding. Deputy permanent secretary for justice Thawatchai...
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Chiefs risk wrath over jail drugs
Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has told prison chiefs nationwide it is their responsibility to stamp out the use of prohibited items, including drugs and mobile phones behind bars. He was speaking...
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Thailand: Migrant Children Locked Up
Thailand holds thousands of migrant children in detention each year, causing them physical and emotional harm, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Child migrants and asylum seekers are...
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A non-traditional Thai massage
Outside a century-old wooden house in Chiang Mai, tourists sit in the shade of trees waiting for a massage. When their number is called, they are greeted by a smiling officer before being lead into a...
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