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Draft law targets repeat offenders
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/01/2022
» Kanyarat, a 50-year-old woman in Buri Ram, asked the Pavena Hongsakul Foundation for Children and Women early this month to help her parents and their three-year-old grandchild stay safe from her own brother, who has a history of violence.
Rehab begins in the kitchen for Nakhon Sawan cons
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/12/2021
» Many former inmates, including some convicted of drug trafficking, begin their re-entry into civilian life months before being released from prison by working at a chili sauce factory in Nakhon Sawan.
King sends mobile virus testing vehicle to Narathiwat prison
King-oua Laohong, Published on 05/04/2021
» His Majesty the King and Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha have sent a mobile Covid-19 testing vehicle to Narathiwat prison, where 126 inmates and warders were found infected with the virus, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Monday.
Transfers will fix overcrowding
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/03/2021
» Political prisoners at Klong Prem Central Prison and Bangkok Remand Prison will be moved to other facilities to reduce overcrowding and other problems, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said yesterday.
Justice minister signs order for release of Nattawut, other prisoners
King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/12/2020
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has signed an order for the early release of 76 prisoners who received royal clemency, but they will have to wear electronic tags.
Model prisoners may be tagged, released from crowded jails
King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/07/2020
» Model prisoners may be fitted with electronic tags and released on probation, to help relieve congestion in prisons, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Friday.
Justice cancels contract for flawed electronic tags
King-oua Laohong, Published on 20/09/2019
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has cancelled the contract for the lease of 4,000 electronic monitoring (EM) bracelets for offenders on home detention after tests showed the devices could be readily removed.
EM tags are 'faulty', says Justice office
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/08/2019
» The Department of Probation has been told to seek compensation or consider scrapping the contract after the Justice Ministry's fact-finding panel found its electronic monitoring (EM) devices to be faulty.
313 drink-drivers sent to court on first day of NY holiday
King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/12/2018
» A total of 313 drink-driving cases were sent to court and nine of the offenders were ordered to wear electronic tags on Thursday, the first day of the New Year holiday.
Electronic GPS 'tags' replace prison time
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/12/2018
» Authorities plan to use 4,000 smartwatch-like electronic monitoring (EM) bracelets for offenders on probation next year in order to keep them out of prison and away from the influence of other, more hardened convicts.