A video clip posted on YouTube showing a Western inmate at Bang Khwang maximum-security prison doing drugs and telling stories about how he and other inmates are able to freely use the Internet and make phone calls is genuine, Corrections Department director general Suchart Wonganantachai said yesterday.

He said the inmate in question was an American, identifying him merely as “Jessie”. The inmate offers no information on how he shot the clip or who uploaded it to the popular website.

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