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Officials’ attitudes to female inmates remain poor
BufferShare Despite the Kingdom’s development of a new set of standards emphasising gender sensitivity to supplement the existing 1955 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of...
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Eight Trang Prison inmates transferred
BufferShare Trang Prison director Prawat Yaemmanee has transferred to Songkhla Prison eight inmates reportedly involved in the February 9 assault and stabbing-to-death of inmate Thaweep Eiadtun, 40, in...
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What ‘White Prison’ status means for Thai prisons
BufferShare Kobkiat Kasivivat, deputy director-general of the Corrections Department, says that less than half of the prisons in Thailand have qualified for “White Prison” status so far. “Out of 143...
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Is ‘White Prison’ making Bang Khwang a darker place?
BufferShare A new programme bringing drastic changes to the notorious ‘Bangkok Hilton’ reduces prisoner privileges in the name of greater control. ‘Spectrum’ takes a look at current conditions...
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Prisoners riot after inmate ‘left to die’ of heart attack
BufferShare A riot broke out briefly yesterday morning at a prison in Samut Sakhon after an inmate was refused emergency treatment for chest pain and died of apparent cardiac arrest. Angered at guards...
View Article‘Bangkok Rules’ for women convicts
BufferShare Judges nationwide have decided to use the United Nations’ Bangkok Rules in court trials and be more lenient with pregnant convicts or new mothers. Thailand’s recent world ranking as the...
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Electronic monitoring hits Thailand
BufferShare The Ministry of Justice has introduced the use of electronic monitoring of offenders, bringing the country’s criminal justice system into line with many first world countries, Post Today...
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Authorities not ready for ‘tagging’
BufferShare The Corrections Department said it was not ready to enforce the new law on electronic monitoring of offenders, which took effect last Friday, saying it had yet to acquire the devices while...
View ArticleConvict tags ‘need more time’
BufferShare Inmates who are eligible for early release under an electronic monitoring programme will have to wait until the scheme has been launched properly, Justice Minister Pracha Promnok says. The...
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Thais are worried at prospect of freed jailbirds walking early among them
BufferShare A Justice Ministry regulation which took effect on March 22 will allow some prisoners to be freed from jail early and to serve out the rest of their sentences within a limited area. They...
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Inmate killed in botched escape
BufferShare An inmate was killed and a warder injured during an attempted breakout by five prisoners at the Thung Song district prison in Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Sunday. Authorities said warder...
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Death row inmates freed of leg shackles
BufferShare More than 560 inmates, most of them on death row, have been unshackled at the high-security Bang Khwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday presided...
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Experts urge better inmate health care
The government should improve healthcare services for inmates after a recent study found many suffer from health and substance abuse problems, a Chiang Mai expert says. Apinun Aramrattana, from Chiang...
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Authorities Plan Turning Prison into Transport Hub
Finance Transport Kittirat na Ranong has announced a plan to develop a prison in northern Bangkok into a bustling transport complex. According to the plan, Klong Prem Central Prison would become a hub...
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New Phuket Prison Record: 2400 Inmates
The number of inmates at Phuket Prison rose to an all-time record of 2399 today with no date set yet for construction of a new jail. ”The number keeps going up. The billion baht project has been...
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Phuket Prison marks 113th anniversary with deity statue
A modest ceremony took place at Phuket Provincial Prison today to honor the installation of the Hindu God Chitragupta, who is deemed special by the Department of Corrections in Thailand. “Chitragupta...
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Prisoners drafted in to help SMEs
Up to 270,000 prison inmates are to be drafted in to work for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) facing labour shortages, Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikuar said Wednesday. Mr Nattawut...
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Prison flooded, inmates relocated
Floods have hit the Kabin Buri district of Prachin Buri province hard, forcing the relocation of 734 inmates at Kabin Buri prison as the water continues to rise. Somchai Premjai, the Kabin Buri prison...
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Tales from behind the bars
While millions of people log on to Facebook every day, those behind bars have absolutely no access to the world – virtual or otherwise. This subject was so close to one inmate’s heart that he decided...
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SA woman dies in Thai prison
The International Relations Department has confirmed a South African woman has died in a Thai prison hospital. The woman, who was caught as an alleged drug mule, passed away after a long illness last...
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