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Lak Si political prison may be shut
The Corrections Department is considering shutting down Thailand’s only prison for political prisoners, in Bangkok’s Lak Si area, two years after its highly publicised opening. The proposal to close...
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Drone caught smuggling phones into jail
A drone equipped with a video camera and two mobile phones were intercepted by guards at Khao Bin prison, widely known to have the best security protection system of all prisons in Thailand. Danai...
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Disabled Scot claims he was battered by Thai prison guards
A disabled man claims he was beaten bloody by Thai prison guards after he was left starving and penniless on a beach. Brain-damaged William Crook says he was flung in jail alongside murderers and...
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Thai Convicts Battle Foreign Boxers to Win Freedom
Prisons in Thailand stage Muay Thai (a form of kickboxing) matches between inmates and foreign fighters to entertain prisoners and to promote good health. The fighters can also reduce their their...
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Over 500 Nigerians In Thai Prisons
Nigeria’s ambassador to Thailand, Mr. Chudi Okafor, has revealed that over 500 Nigerians are in Thai prisons for drug trafficking. This came to the fore when the diplomat paid a private courtesy visit...
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IPSR urges better conditions for women behind bars
The Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR) yesterday called on authorities to improve living conditions for female inmates in overcrowded prisons. The call was made during a meeting with...
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Dept moves 6 prison chiefs
The Corrections Department has transferred the commanders of six major prisons after a large number of mobile phones and other prohibited items were discovered during prison raids. Department chief...
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Phuket prison raid turns up box cutters, inmate tests drug positive
Despite an early morning search of Phuket Provincial Prison turning up a slew of contraband items and one inmate testing positive for drugs, the facility’s “White Prison” certification remains intact....
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NCPO: Let inmates earn from crafts
Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha told the Corrections Department Tuesday to stop collecting money earned from the sale of prison-made goods and, instead, allow the prisoners who make them to keep all...
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Nordics a tiny minority among 16,000 foreign inmates in Thai prisons
There are a small number of citizens of Nordic countries among some 16,000 foreign inmates in Thai prisons, according to Thailand’s Department of Corrections. As of August 2014, nine Swedes, four...
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Prisons chief calling for overhaul
The Corrections Department under the leadership of Witthaya Suriyawong is undergoing an internal revamp, hoping raises and new leaders will fix the country’s broken prison system. Public confidence in...
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14 prison officers get sack
The Department of Corrections has dismissed 13 prison officers on charges relating to smuggling drugs and mobile phones into prisons, the department chief said yesterday. The 13 fired consisted of...
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Children Behind Bars as Packed Phuket Prison Groans
A little girl in a blue dress and her playmate in yellow were seen behind the wire at Phuket Prison when authorities conducted a raid before dawn today. Five children – two boys and three girls – are...
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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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