Three prisoners in a prison in Ratchaburi province held hostage a warden on Saturday after their plan to escape failed. Police said the warden of Khao Bin Central Prison in Muang district was held after he found the prisoners were trying to escape from the prison. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
BANGKOK, 16 August 2012 (NNT) – Over 30,000 inmates who have received royal pardon have been released from prisons across the country on the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen’s and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s birthdays. Vice Minister of Justice Preecha Thananan presided over the ceremony to release inmates at Klong Prem Central […]
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 […]
The country’s first super maximum security facility will be located in the Khlong Phai area of Nakhon Ratchasima’s Sikhiu district. The Corrections Department touts the project as a silver bullet to combat drug dealings inside prisons. Suchart Wonganantachai, director-general of the department, said 60 per cent of the 1,000 high-profile drug-related convicts rounded up from […]
The riot by inmates at Trang prison came to a halt after the Governor met with representatives of the prisoners and reached a compromise. Trang Governor Senee Jitkasem met at 1pm with five inmates representing some 100 prisoners who had protested what they described as harsh conditions in jail after the transfer of a warden. […]
BANGKOK, Feb 3 – Much drug apparatus, many mobile phones, SIM cards, and quantities of cash were found stashed in varied locations in the capital’s Bang Kwang Central Prison following a search operation conducted as part of an effort to crack down on drug syndicates. More than 400 personnel from the Departments of Corrections, Provincial […]
Thai authorities Wednesday extradited four Cambodian drug offenders through Sa Kaeo’s Aranyaprathet border checkpoint to serve the rest of their jail terms in Cambodia – following a request from both Cambodia and the inmates. Attending the handover at the Cambodian consulate in Aranyaprathet, Sa Kaeo prison director Kittipat Dechapahul said it was the country’s first […]
Three officials working at a Surin prison have been suspended and face prosecution after a search allegedly turned up evidence linking them with drug dealings within the prison complex. The three officials at Rattanaburi prison are Bunhome Rawirueng, wife Sommai Bussaba and Wachirasak Suknongbueng, who have each been released on a Bt2 million bail. The […]
