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Dhamma helps inmates accept fate
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/05/2022
» The Corrections Department has invited Phra Khru Phawana Viriyawat, the abbot of Wat Phutthaphot Hariphunchai in Lamphun, to teach dhamma to death-row inmates to help them accept their destiny.
Prayut set to bolster powers of ONCB
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/05/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he is ready to back an amendment to the Narcotics Code that includes empowering the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) to take the lead in case investigations.
Family bonds 'help reduce suicide risk'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/05/2022
» The Department of Mental Health (DMH) has warned of increasing suicide rates among those of early working age and retirees.
Ex-cons' unfair treatment sparks legal revision
King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/11/2021
» The Office of Justice Affairs will propose a legal amendment to change how criminal records are managed on a database to help clear the names of ex-convicts and avoid any human rights abuses.
Law change sought for unknown bodies
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/11/2021
» The Central Institute of Forensic Science will push for an amendment to the law on dealing with unidentified bodies to reduce congestion in cemeteries.
Inmates to be offered jobs
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 23/09/2021
» The private sector has agreed to employ 1,000 inmates to work at industrial estates as part of a Department of Corrections (DoC) industrial work programme to help them return to society after being freed.
Protest leaders held 'in 5-star luxury'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/04/2021
» Protest leaders being detained in prison are enjoying conditions akin to "a five-star hotel", says MP Sira Jenjaka of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party.
Help for transgender inmates
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 20/02/2021
» The Department of Corrections (DoC) has teamed up with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to improve medical treatment for 4,000 transgender inmates in Thailand.
Thai Pakdee group wants court to halt charter change process
King-oua Laohong, Published on 17/11/2020
» About 30 members of the Thai Pakdee (Loyal Thai) group, led by ex-MP Warong Dechgitvigrom, on Tuesday submitted a letter to the Office of the Attorney General, asking it to seek the Constitutional Court's intervention to halt all moves to amend the 2017 constitution.
'Rung' disallowed request to be moved to single cell
King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/10/2020
» Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, a core protest leader detained at the Central Women's Correctional Institution, told Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin she wanted a single cell, but the request was turned down, according to a Corrections Department source.