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Prison visits to resume from May 16
King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/05/2022
» The Corrections Department will from next week gradually allow relatives to resume visiting inmates at 124 prisons where the Covid-19 situation has improved, after a year-long ban, department director-general Ayut Sinthoppan said on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Is lifetime ban not seeing wood for trees?
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/04/2022
» The move to permanently ban Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Pareena Kraikupt from politics last week for encroaching on protected forest tracts in Ratchaburi has sparked a debate on whether the punishment was appropriate for the crime, as she has yet to be convicted by a criminal court of the allegation.
Dept strikes down killer's parole plea
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/03/2022
» The Department of Corrections on Thursday confirmed that it has not granted parole to Polkrit Wiset, a former army sergeant who is serving a 33-year sentence for the murder of Ploypailin Palipol, saying the killer has not shown any remorse for his actions.
Mum cries foul as killer gets parole
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 17/03/2022
» The mother of a victim who was strangled to death and her body burned in 2014 on Wednesday cried foul after finding out the man convicted of her daughter's abduction and murder is set to be released, decades early, on parole this year.
Another autopsy of actress Tangmo's body set for Thursday
King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/03/2022
» The Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) will conduct an additional autopsy on the body of actress Nida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong on Thursday to confirm the cause of her death.
Traffickers target nurseries
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 15/02/2022
» When a one-year-old toddler named Thaenthai recently went missing from GS Kik nursery in Bangkok, it soon became clear that there was a dark side to the case.
A new blow for same-sex marriages
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/11/2021
» The Constitutional Court has ruled that Section 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code, which only allows for a man and a woman to register their marriage, is not against people's constitutional rights, marking a blow for proponents of same-sex marriages.
Prison staff fired for graft, murder offences
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 06/11/2021
» The Department of Corrections (DoC) has dismissed 10 officials for serious misconduct including corruption, gross negligence and smuggling forbidden items into prisons.