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February 24, 2022

Tailandia: Liberan bajo fianza a una figura del movimiento prodemocracia

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Asia Justice Thailand

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June 17, 2021

Thailand: the overcriminalization of meth, a failed moral crusade

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Asia Long-term prisoners Drugs Overcrowding Thailand

ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Pascal Tanguay discusses the overcriminalization of meth-related crimes in Thailand and its consequences.

May 26, 2021

Thailand: prison overcrowding crisis exacerbated by COVID-19

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Coronavirus Asia Health Overcrowding Thailand

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, prisons in Thailand were already in a state of crisis. Reform is long overdue.

April 7, 2021

Thailand: Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

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Asia Health Material conditions Thailand

One of the leaders of Thailand’s pro-democracy movement was being administered an intravenous fluid drip in prison on Friday after officers said they found him weakened because of a hunger strike that has lasted longer than two weeks.

March 18, 2021

Thailand: managing uncertainty

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Coronavirus Asia Health Material conditions Overcrowding Activities Social ties Work Thailand

As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Thai authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

November 20, 2020

Thailand: activists protest against human rights violations in women’s prison

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Pre-trial detention Women Asia Access to legal rights Protest Thailand

On 5 November, a group of activists who have formerly been detained at the Central Women Correctional Institution gathered to protest against human rights violations inside the women’s prison.

November 4, 2020

Tailandia: deben retirarse los cargos injustificados y poner en libertad a personas que se manifestaron pacíficamente

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Protest Thailand

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September 2, 2020

Thailand bets on prisons to boost tourism

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Coronavirus Asia Facilities Thailand

Thailand plans to turn about half its prisons into tourist attractions to boost visitor numbers as the Southeast Asian nation struggles to recover from an economic slump caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

May 19, 2020

Thailand: student project seeks more ‘humane’ design of Bangkok prison

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Asia Material conditions Overcrowding Thailand

BANGKOK — A university is working with a prison to help tackle overcrowding and unhygienic conditions that have stalked the Thai corrections system for years. In a joint project by King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi and Thonburi Remand Prison, architecture students are asked to come u…

August 14, 2019

Thailand: restorative justice, an alternative tool for resolving prison overcrowding

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Asia Overcrowding Thailand

Thailand Institute of Justice hopes that Restorative Justice will prove to be the crucial tool needed to resolve issues of prison overcrowding and congestion in the court system and reintegration of victims and offenders into the community.

December 26, 2018

Thailand: Man electrocuted as he tries to escape from prison

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Asia Violence Thailand

A Thai prisoner died early Tuesday after being electrocuted by high-voltage barbed wire as he attempted to escape, police said. Wiwat Aksorsom, 32, broke free from his cell just after midnight along with two other prisoners and tried to scale the six-metre (20-ft) walls of his prison in southern Su…

October 19, 2018

Thailand: "dans les prisons, on est traités comme des animaux"

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Asia Thailand

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August 6, 2018

Thailand: prisoners get help to go straight

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Asia Thailand

New scheme gives assistance to ex-convicts to break cycle of reoffending .

June 28, 2017

Thailand : New anti-torture committee greeted with skepticism, criticism

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Asia Torture Thailand

As Thailand has delayed passage of legislation to criminalize torture and enforced disappearances, a committee created by the junta leader to investigate the matter met for the first time Monday. The committee, chaired by Justice Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana, was set up under Gen. Prayuth Chan-o…

June 21, 2017

Thailand: Phuket juveniles riot as ‘teen kingpins’ moved to prison

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Asia Thailand

Officers at the centre, located on Sakdidet Rd, called for backup at about 4pm after they found they could not contain the youths, who were smashing windows and tearing apart the dormitory and other areas in the youth detention facility. Phuket City Police led by Deputy Commander Lt Col Nikorn Chut…

May 20, 2017

A prayer before dawn review – kickboxing Thai prison epic goes the full Midnight Express

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Thailand

Based on the true life account by Billy Moore, Jean-Stephane Sauvaire’s bloody, brutal film follows a British drug addict as he fights for survival

May 15, 2017

Thaïland: lifting the bar on inmate welfare

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Asia Thailand

It is easy to imagine Kobkiat Kasiwiwat as a school administrator when he talks of the specialties of his “students”.

April 3, 2017

Thailand: yoga knows no prison

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Asia Thailand

Women inmates find a different form of release while waiting for the gates to open Dozens of female prisoners slowly stretch their limbs during a relaxing yoga class at Bangkok’s Klong Prem Central Prison. “I feel calm listening to the instructor’s voice, and as my muscles unwind, my heart lifts,”…

March 12, 2017

Dans les prisons thaïlandaises, "les femmes sont battues à coups de canne"

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Women Asia Thailand

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February 28, 2017

Thailand : Thai prisons violate human rights, report says.

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Asia Thailand

Prison conditions contravene UN treaties barring torture and stipulating minimum prisoner rights, group says. Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards with inmates routinely shackled, beaten, and stuffed into overcrowded cells, an international human rights group said. Thailand also…

February 28, 2017

Thailand: report calls for urgent prison reforms

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Asia Thailand

Paris, Bangkok - Thailand’s ongoing failure to enact comprehensive prison reforms has created conditions for human rights violations to be rife in its prison system, FIDH and UCL said in a new report published today. The report, titled “Behind the walls – A look at prison conditions in Thailand aft…

February 28, 2017

Thaïland: rights group says Thai prisons fall short of world standards

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Asia Thailand

Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards, with inmates routinely shackled, stuffed into overcrowded cells and forced to work in harsh conditions, an international human rights group said Tuesday.

February 15, 2017

Thailand: behind the wall, a look at conditions in Thailand’s prisons after the coup

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Asia Justice Thailand

Thailand’s prison population has steadily increased over the years and the country has the dubious distinction of having the largest prison population and the highest incarceration rate among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states.

January 30, 2017

Thailand separates LGBT inmates, considers segregated prison

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Asia Thailand

Theerayut Charoenpakdee was terrified when police stopped her outside a mall in Pattaya, a Thai resort famous for its sordid nightlife. A urine test on the spot revealed meth coursing through her veins.