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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.
2% of inmates are mentally ill
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/05/2022
» Over 5,000 inmates in 143 prisons across the country are suffering psychological problems, the Corrections Department has reported.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Car tax dodge case tightens
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/02/2022
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is working with prosecutors to plan a probe into 114 people and companies suspected of tax evasion over the import of 854 luxury cars.
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.
Drug inmates seek sentence review after law amendment
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/01/2022
» Over 92,000 drug inmates have petitioned the Justice Ministry to review their sentences following the implementation of the new Narcotics Act.