Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin suggested the Corrections Department could consider using foreign inmates to teach English to fellow prisoners to supplement their occupational training. Mr Somsak floated the idea on Monday when he and Labour Minister M.R. Chatu Mongol Sonakul signed an agreement to step up cooperation between the Justice and Labour ministries to address […]
The governor of a prison in a northern province has been dismissed for allowing an inmate have sex with his visiting wife. The prison governor was among 15 corrections officials dismissed for malpractice this year. Full story: Bangkok Post King-oua Laohong BANGKOK POST
CHUMPHON: At least five chained inmates have fled the Lang Suan court, three on a stolen prison truck which ran over another escapee. Corrections Department director-general Naras Savestanan said the incident happened at 8.55am at the court in Lang Suan district. Ten inmates were brought to the court on a pickup truck of the Lang Suan […]
BANGKOK — Officials are eyeing a popular messaging application to add video call services between inmates and visitors in prisons. Five prisons nationwide will allow inmates to receive video calls from family and relatives through Line application for the first time, according to the Department of Corrections on Monday. Full story: khaosodenglish.com By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee […]
Ten Iranian inmates have been sent home to serve their remaining terms in Iran, Corrections Department director-general Narat Sawettanan said on Thursday. He said Iranian inmates were sent home early this week and the department will gradually send back 43 remaining prisoners. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
A Laotian inmate serving a 15-year jail term escaped from Loei Hospital early on Wednesday after being admitted there for treatment of a recurring medical condition. Police said Decha Konyai, 36, a Laotian citizen, was found missing at 2am from his hospital bed, to which he was chained. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
The Department of Corrections plans to transfer 16 foreign prisoners back to their home countries to serve out their sentences in a bid to ease chronic overcrowding in Thai prisons. Pol Col Naras Savestanan, director-general of the department, said a panel had approved the transfer requests from the inmates. Full story: Bangkok Post KING-OUA LAOHONG […]
Thailand’s prison authorities have pledged to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of an inmate after being disciplined by guards for allegedly smuggling drugs, in a case which a human rights group said underscored a “culture of impunity in prisons” in the country. Pattanachirapong Boonyasema was pronounced dead at Bang Bor Hospital on April 18 […]
