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Thai prisons: Fall far short of world standards
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/03/2017
» Thais most likely to land in jail on minor drug charges, get stuffed into crowded cell, work for 8 baht a day with guards abusing them.
Parole system: Courts must decide who is released early
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/09/2016
» After early release of politically powerful influential figures, calls for courts, not prison officials, to make parole decisions.
Soaring prison population: Drug war rethink
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/07/2016
» People jailed for drug convictions almost doubled over last decade, Klong Prem prison 64% drug offenses, but Drug War policy not working.
Drug kingpins continue crime business in prison
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/09/2014
» Prisons are now drug dealing hubs run with family outside prison & mobile phones. Prison staff help & share in the profits.
Research on inhumane prison conditions
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/06/2011
» "Thailand's prisons are the eighth-most crowded in the world"
Prison overcrowding
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/12/2010
» A riot shook a prison north of Bangkok last month, overcrowding was the likely cause.