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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.
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.
Department recruits 74,000 prison inmates
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/10/2021
» The Department of Corrections has recruited about 74,000 prisoners convicted of committing minor crimes to work at its industrial park with electronic bracelets in a bid to reduce overcrowding in prisons across the kingdom.
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.
Industrial estates eyed for inmates
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 08/02/2021
» The Department of Corrections has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to set up a special industrial zone that will provide vocational job training and employment to prison inmates prior to their release.
DSI targets Chinese loan sharks
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 15/01/2021
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has ordered frozen 157 bank accounts containing more than 1.5 billion baht belonging to a gang of predatory lenders from China.
Prison inmates sell handicrafts, handbags online
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 14/12/2020
» Handicrafts produced by inmates are now being sold online under the brand "Wan Suk" (Happy Day) to generate an income for inmates to help them build up savings and increase their chances of finding work upon discharge, according to the Ministry of Justice.
Factories to be built at Ban Bueng prison to train inmates
King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/11/2020
» Four factories will be built on land at the Ban Bueng temporary prison in Ban Bueng district, Chon Buri province, under a Corrections Department plan to establish industrial estates where inmates who are soon to be released can learn on-the-job work skills, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Monday.
Serial killer Si Quey cremated
King-oua Laohong, Published on 23/07/2020
» Notorious serial killer Si Quey's body was cremated in Nonthaburi on Thursday after six decades of being on public display, but the final resting place for his ashes has yet to be decided.
Somsak mulls foreign prisoners teaching English
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/07/2020
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has suggested the Corrections Department could consider using foreign inmates to teach English to fellow prisoners to supplement their occupational training.