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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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Guards, mobiles key to inmates’ deals
Iron bars may limit the freedom of inmates, but they have failed to keep them from carrying on the drug dealing that put them in the facilities in the first place. Large prisons in recent years have...
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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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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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