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Panel probes prison death of inmate
A police investigation panel has been set up to look into a Bang Pong Pang police investigator and other officers involved in the arrest of a man who was mistakenly prosecuted under his cousin’s name...
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Thai Inmates Post Photos on Facebook
Inmates in Thai prisons are not allowed to have mobile phones. But this hasn’t stopped them smuggling them in; either over the walls or by bribing a guard. With the advance in technology, the latest...
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Klong Prem Central Prison searched
The search team comprised narcotic suppression police, soldiers and corrections department officials. Pol Col Chatree Paisalsilp, deputy commander of the Narcotic Suppression Bureau, and Prasert...
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Stop drug trade behind bars or resign, junta warns prison authorities
Top corrections Department officials should not continue in their posts if they fail to stop the drug trade in prisons, assistant Army chief General Paiboon Koomchaya said yesterday. Paiboon, who is...
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Movie Posters for The Last Executioner
Inspired by true events, The Last Executioner is the story of Chavoret Jaruboon, the last person in Thailand whose job it was to execute by gun – a wild rock and roller, who took a “respectable” job...
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Behind bars: Thai women pay high price for drugs
Lured by easy money, an escape from poverty or family pressure, thousands of women are locked up for drug offences in Thailand, which has one of the world’s highest rates of female imprisonment. Mai,...
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Inmate dies after swallowing ‘ice’
An inmate at Klongpai Central Prison has died after 20 condoms filled with crystal methamphetamine, or “ice”, burst in his stomach, according to prison director Aree Chaloeysook. Mr Aree said the...
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Prison troublemakers face ‘supermax’ unit
Trouble-making inmates from across Thailand are being transferred to the country’s only jail with a “super-maximum” security facility. The Corrections Department also plans to set up three more...
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Full Synopsis for The Last Executioner
Chavoret Jaruboon was the last person in Thailand whose job it was to execute by gun. A wild rock and roller in his youth who played the GI bars during the Vietnam War, he took a job as a prison guard...
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Behind the Scenes on The Last Executioner
FROM CHANCE MEETINGS TO A SCRIPT Bringing the story of “The Last Executioner” to the screen has been almost as strange as the story itself. In his January 2013 cover story for “Citylife” Magazine,...
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Phuket’s Bang Jo Prison declared ‘white’
An early morning raid of Bang Jo Prison turned up no drugs or contraband today. More than 90 officers, led by Phuket Prison Chief Rapin Nichanon, began the search at 5:30am. Each of the 68 inmates was...
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Rape Suspect Beaten to Death In Prison
A man accused of sexually assaulting his seven-year-old stepdaughter has been beaten to death in prison, police say, a day after he insisted he was innocent. Prasin Nunkaew, 41, was arrested yesterday...
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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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