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Penal system gets it wrong
News, Editorial, Published on 19/12/2019
» The case of "Thailand's Jack the Ripper", a paroled serial killer arrested on Wednesday while attempting to escape his latest alleged sex and murder crime, demonstrates a serious loophole in a criminal justice process that cannot effectively prevent re-offending.
Rights body says rehab can cure overcrowded prisons
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 07/09/2019
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) have joined hands to seek ways to reduce prison overcrowding in a country with the world's sixth-highest inmate population.
Forum decries prison overcrowding
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 24/08/2019
» With the rise in prison overcrowding, the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) has proposed that the justice system should improve its treatment of criminals. TIJ executive director Kittipong Kittayarak questioned the parts of the justice system that focus on cracking down on criminals.
Restorative Justice: An alternative tool for resolving prison overcrowding
Published on 14/08/2019
» 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.
At least 57 dead in Brazil prison riot; 16 decapitated
Associated Press, Published on 30/07/2019
» RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 57 prisoners were killed by other inmates during clashes between organised crime groups in the Altamira prison in northern Brazil Monday with 16 of the victims being decapitated, according to prison officials.
At least 52 dead in Brazil prison riot: official
AFP, Published on 30/07/2019
» RIO DE JANEIRO - At least 52 inmates were killed in a prison riot in northern Brazil on Monday as rival gang factions fought each other, an official said.
'Worse than prison': Abuses in Philippine youth homes
AFP, Published on 22/07/2019
» MANILA: Eleven-year-old Jerry's crime was breaking curfew laws after fleeing violence at home. His punishment? Being sent to a youth detention centre, where he says he endured sexual abuse.
Reality of prisons
News, Postbag, Published on 22/07/2019
» As a former guest of the Department of Corrections I would like to respond to the editorial, "Hellish jails do not cut crime", (Editorial, July 13).
Drink drivers are also a danger to themselves
News, Published on 23/06/2019
» In addition to endangering other motorists and pedestrians, many drink drivers, particularly those afflicted with alcoholism, also wreak havoc behind bars when they are nabbed and put in jail.
Clashes in four Brazil prisons leave 40 dead
AFP, Published on 28/05/2019
» RIO DE JANEIRO - At least 40 inmates were killed in four jails in northern Brazil on Monday over an apparent gang dispute, authorities said, in the latest wave of violence to rock the country's severely overpopulated and deadly prison system.