Showing 1 - 10 of 21
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.
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.
Warder guilty of taking inmate's bribe
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 15/09/2021
» A warder at Chon Buri Central Prison has been found guilty of pocketing a bribe from an inmate jailed for murder.
HM King pardons inmates
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/07/2021
» More than 200,000 prisoners have been granted a royal pardon on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King's 69th birthday on Wednesday, including 35,000 inmates who will be released on parole.
Jab rollout planned for prisoners
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/05/2021
» The Corrections Department says it is working closely with the Department of Disease Control to draw up a vaccine rollout plan for inmates and prison staff nationwide.
Critic slams Sorrayuth's parole
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/03/2021
» The director-general of the Corrections Department, Ayuth Sintoppant, on Monday defended the decision to grant parole to former newscaster Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda, after critics lambasted the department for double standards.
Sorayuth can host TV news programmes while on parole
King-oua Laohong, Published on 14/03/2021
» Famous former television news anchorman Sorayuth Suthassanachinda, paroled after serving jail time for embezzlement, is permitted to host television news programmes but cannot take part in political activities, authorities said on Sunday.
Transfers will fix overcrowding
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 11/03/2021
» Political prisoners at Klong Prem Central Prison and Bangkok Remand Prison will be moved to other facilities to reduce overcrowding and other problems, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said yesterday.
Minister: Political prisoners to be spread out
King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/03/2021
» The Corrections Department has been instructed to transfer political prisoners now mostly held at Klong Prem Central Prison and Bangkok Remand Prison to other facilities to reduce overcrowding and other problems, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Wednesday.