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Ganja convicts set for release
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/06/2022
» More than 4,000 inmates charged or convicted in connection with cannabis-related offences will be released from jail when the regulation removing cannabis and hemp from the list of narcotics takes effect on June 9, according to the Corrections Department.
Net lift: art and badminton combine to help ex-prisoners
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 15/05/2022
» The Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) has teamed up with the Badminton Association of Thailand (BAT) to organise an art exhibition aimed at supporting ex-prisoners in their return to society.
Somsak orders extortion probe against prison guard
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/04/2022
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has ordered the Corrections Department to investigate a warden at the Thonburi Women's Correctional Institute accused of corruption.
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.
Dogs to help inmates return to society
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 12/11/2021
» The Justice Ministry will allow inmates in four prisons to raise dogs, as part of a pilot project aimed at reducing anxiety, depression and other antisocial behaviour among convicts.
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.
'False news' about prisoners' release on Queen's birthday
King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/05/2021
» False news has been posted, shared and forwarded in social media that 38,000 prisoners would be released to mark Her Majesty the Queen's birthday on June 3, Corrections Department director-general Ayut Sinthoppan said on Monday.
Sorayuth wins early release from 8-year prison term
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 03/02/2021
» Former television news anchor Sorayuth Suthassanachinda will be released on parole on March 14, Corrections Department director-general Ayut Sinthoppan said yesterday.
Justice Ministry unveils plan to release 16,000 prisoners
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 20/12/2020
» The Justice Ministry is considering whether it can release about 16,000 prisoners who have completed one-third of their jail terms and received royal clemency.