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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.
Source — Bangkok Post
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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 Surat…
Source — Punch
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This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Libération
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New scheme gives assistance to ex-convicts to break cycle of reoffending .
Source — Bangkok Post
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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-ocha’s…
Source — Khaosod English
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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 Chuthong…
Source — The Phuket News
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It is easy to imagine Kobkiat Kasiwiwat as a school administrator when he talks of the specialties of his “students”.
Source — Bangkok Post
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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,” says…
Source — The Nation
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This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Libération
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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 has…
Source — Aljazeera
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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 after…
Source — FIDH
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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.
Source — FIDH
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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.
Source — The Denver Post
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