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Prisoner killed in Trang jail
A 40-year-old prisoner died from multiple stab wounds after being attacked yesterday by another inmate, reportedly enraged by his cooperation with Corrections Department officials’ seeking to...
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Marriage behind bars in Thailand
For 72 couples choosing to take their relationships to another level, the Ratchaburi Central Prison has taken the occasion of this year’s Valentine’s Day as an opportunity for inmates to legally...
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Prison kitchen affects public health
The Administrative Court Monday accepted a petition filed by an environmental advocate accusing Klong Prem Central Prison’s cooking activities of causing respiratory and allergic diseases among nearby...
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Corrections chief mulls moving jails
Prisons along Ngam Wong Wan Road may be moved to make way for the Red Line electric railway, the Corrections Department says. Department chief Suchart Wonganantachai said yesterday the move was being...
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Officials’ attitudes to female inmates remain poor
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 Prisoners, many...
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Eight Trang Prison inmates transferred
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 order to...
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What ‘White Prison’ status means for Thai prisons
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 prisons in...
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Is ‘White Prison’ making Bang Khwang a darker place?
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 through the eyes...
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Visiting Bang Khwang Prison
THE VISITOR’S EXPERIENCE When it comes to unsolicited visits from strangers, most inmates at Bang Khwang are happy for the respite from the tedium of prison life, but not all welcome the attention....
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Prisoners riot after inmate ‘left to die’ of heart attack
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 for...
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‘Bangkok Rules’ for women convicts
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 second highest...
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Electronic monitoring hits Thailand
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 newspaper’s...
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Authorities not ready for ‘tagging’
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 it also did...
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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 Justice...
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Thais are worried at prospect of freed jailbirds walking early among them
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 would wear...
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Inmate killed in botched escape
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 Somboon...
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Death row inmates freed of leg shackles
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 over a...
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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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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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