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Use of electronic monitoring bracelets
News, Published on 27/12/2020
» Amid the threat from the Covid-19 pandemic and as a way to solve prison overcrowding, the Justice Ministry is considering releasing more inmates whose jail terms will be completed within one year.
Sick inmates may receive free pardons
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/10/2020
» The Justice Ministry is looking to reduce prison overcrowding by implementing a new policy that would allow sick inmates to seek a royal pardon.
Poll: Huge support for corrections industrial estate plan
Online Reporters, Published on 30/09/2020
» A large majority of people agree with the Justice Ministry's plan to build "corrections industrial estates" where inmates can learn workskills before their release, according to an opinion survey by National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Teargas fired during migrant protests on Lesbos
AFP, Published on 12/09/2020
» LESBOS ISLAND, Greece: Greek riot police fired tear gas at protesting asylum seekers on Lesbos island on Saturday as tensions simmered following the catastrophic fire that ripped through Europe's largest migrant camp this week.
Dept to roll out tagging bracelets
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/08/2020
» The Department of Probation yesterday affirmed its plan to begin using electronic monitoring (EM) bracelets on thousands of people who are either convicts on probation or defendants released on bail.
ASEAN has World's Biggest Percentage of Women Prisoners Experts Press for Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration
Published on 06/08/2020
» Research reveals that Southeast Asia has the highest percentage of female inmates in prison, with over 80 per cent of them imprisoned over drug cases. Common causes behind such offences are social problems, poverty and domestic violence. Experts, therefore, are pushing for an efficient rehabilitation framework in hopes of ensuring better quality life for women prisoners and reducing the reoffending rate after their release.
Experts recommend governments to push for “restorative justice”
Published on 19/06/2020
» Mediations and negotiations in place of imprisonment urgent promotion of public understanding
Records reveal female inmates are jailed for non-violent crimes
Published on 19/06/2020
» Non-custodial measures are recommended to ease prison overcrowding in COVID-19 era
Webinar reports global prison trends 2020 in wake of COVID-19 crisis
Published on 18/06/2020
» Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ), in collaboration with the Penal Reform International (PRI), released Global Prison Trends 2020 report via a webinar online seminar.
Party's over but it doesn't end in jail
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/05/2020
» A rapid increase of arrests in the month after the government declared a state of emergency in late March to fight the Covid-19 outbreak threatened to overwhelm the already overcrowded prison population.