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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.
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.
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.
Mum wants 'Penguin' moved out of prison hospital
King-oua Laohong, Published on 23/08/2021
» The mother of prominent activist Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak has asked Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin to transfer her son and another protester from a prison hospital to Thammasat University Hospital for treatment of Covid-19 and other ailments.
Infected rally leaders in 'good condition', says prison boss
King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/08/2021
» Three anti-government protest leaders who tested positive for Covid-19 during their detention remain in "good condition", according to the Corrections Department.
Surge in jail inmate infections
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/05/2021
» The Corrections Department has reported 1,243 new infections and three deaths among inmates, raising the total number of prison cases to 17,138.
523 more Covid infections found in prisons
King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/05/2021
» Another 523 inmates at seven prisons have been found to be infected with Covid-19, with the Bang Kwang Central Prison reporting the most new infections at 299. The national total has risen to 14,566.
Prison infections keep rising
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/05/2021
» New Covid-19 infections in prisons across the country continued to rise, with up to 1,408 new cases recorded yesterday, while the cumulative number rose to 11,670, the Department of Corrections said.
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.
Ministry denies Iranian prisoners were 'swapped'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/11/2020
» The Foreign Ministry says two Iranian prisoners were sent back to their home country this week to serve out their sentences under a bilateral agreement — and it had nothing to do with Tehran's release of a British-Australian academic.