RT @AsifAAhmad: Thai Immigration have upgraded Pattaya detention centre. Thank you. But I don't recommend this as a tourist destination Appeal Court handed down 12-year jail sentences to two former execs of Picnic Corp (Bangkok Post) http://t.co/GOb954gx Court approves further detention for Valentine's Day bomb suspect: http://t.co/hnrvGNVa Police conclude case of Swedish terror suspect Hussein Atris charged with possession of bomb material; case forwarded to prosecutor (MCOT) Thai News website editor could get 20 years in jail for not removing reader comments fast enough.
http://t.co/ZoaBbUB7 Appeals Court upholds life imprisonment for prostitute serial killer Somkid Pumpuang in murder of Mukdahan woman (TAN)
Although it is illegal, mobile phones have been used in Thai prisons for a long time. These have been smuggled into prisons in various ways. In the picture above, two men demonstrate how they used a remote control plane to fly mobile phones into a prison. In other places, the phones were thrown over...
Khao Bin prison in Ratchaburi is being prepared for the arrival of up to 500 convicted drug dealers. Unlike other prisons, this one already has in place a number of phone jammers. Prison authorities are concerned that some inmates are continuing with the drug trade while behind bars. In just the last four months,...
One of the first books that I read about Thailand was called “Pirates of Tarutao” by Paul Adirex. It is loosely based on a true story of prisoners on a penal colony that were forced to become pirates due to food shortages during the Second World War. The real name of the author is...
The Thai prison statistics for 1st December 2011 have just been released. Of course this doesn’t show a reduction yet as the prisoners that received a royal pardon weren’t released until later in the month. But it does give you an idea of how crowded the prisons were at that time. Back in October...
Bangkok Hard Time by Jon Cole Published by Monsoon Books The surreal true story of how a Western teenager came of age in 1960s Bangkok, turned international drug smuggler and walked the prison yards of Thailand’s notorious “Bangkok Hilton” Buy at Amazon.com or on Monsoon.com.sg It is 1967 Bangkok, the Summer of Love, and...
The chief of the Department of Corrections yesterday gave the media a tour of the Lak Si Temporary Detention Centre (เรือนจำชั่วคราวหลักสี่) which is presently undergoing renovation. Political prisoners are expected to be moved here soon. At the moment, the names and numbers of prisoners to be moved here are not known. Lak Si Temporary...
The foreigner with probably the best knowledge of the inside of the Central Women’s Correctional Institution in Bangkok is former Miss South African finalist Venessa Goosen. She was arrested in 1994 at the airport with 2.7kg of heroin in her possession. She was initially sentenced to 50 years in the female section of Klong...
During this year, 13 inmates on Death Row have been attending a writers’ workshop at Bang Kwang Maximum Security Prison. The purpose was to help heal their self-esteem, but also to set themselves as an example to Thai people of how not to spend their life. The workshops were run by Orasom Suthisakorn who...
Thailand’s King has issued a royal command pardoning some 30,000 prisoners to mark his 84th birthday. The decree, which was signed by His Majesty, was published in the Royal Gazette. His Majesty said the convicts should be given a second chance. Those receiving a royal pardon are inmates who displayed good conduct, those convicted...
The following is an account of a public execution as witnessed by P.A. Thompson towards the end of the 19th Century: Though murder is not an uncommon form of crime, the death sentence is rarely passed in Siam, and still less often carried out. Executions are public, but not very many, even amongst the...
Thailand Authorities to Crackdown on Jail Phone SexMobile Phone Jammers in Thai Prisons
Dogs being used in search of prisonsTarutao Prison Island
Prisoners at Klong Prem Prison
Mobile Phones and Drugs Found in Prison Raid
Surprise Search of Satun Provincial PrisonThai Prison Population Rises by 33.6% in Three YearsNew Book "Bangkok Hard Time" by Jon ColeTour of Lak Si Temporary Detention Centre
