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Songs of the jailbirds
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 18/09/2016
» Thanadda Swangduen's latest book Khang Ying reveals the astonishing life behind bars of women inmates.
Meth in the madness
Spectrum, Published on 11/09/2016
» Thirteen years ago Saksiri Vanichanon was one of tens of thousands of addicts caught up in Thaksin Shinawatra's "war on drugs".
Street fighter's fall from grace
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 12/06/2016
» Before HD gaming consoles, gamers in the '90s spent most of their time at arcades or on home video units.
New Philippine leader seen as emancipator, looming dictator
Published on 11/05/2016
» MANILA - Rodrigo Duterte, the bombastic mayor of a major southern city, was heralded Tuesday as president-elect of the Philippines after an incendiary campaign that projected him alternatively as an emancipator and a looming dictator.
US downplayed evidence of abuses in Chinese detention camps
Published on 31/12/2015
» BEIJING/WASHINGTON - After China abolished a notorious penal system based on forced labour in December, 2013, the United States rewarded Beijing by removing the world's most populous country from a global blacklist of countries that are failing to combat modern-day slavery.
Saving the scapegoats
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 20/12/2015
» On Dec 11, Songkod Supmee walked out of Bang Khwang Central Prison after serving 13 months for a crime he says he did not commit. The 30-year-old was trembling with emotion when he embraced his mother who was waiting for him with his wife.
High hopes for relief let down by the law
Spectrum, N/A, Published on 27/09/2015
» Noom first smoked marijuana more than 20 years ago for the pure pleasure of it. Now, at the age of 45, he’s discovered it offers far more positive side effects than he ever imagined.
Wild cats, cocaine and claims of a police set-up
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/06/2015
» A calendar in the children’s room marks the number of days their mother has been in jail. Alongside it, pictures and drawings they have made of her are pinned to a large board.
20 years after Tokyo subway attacks, Japan remains baffled
AFP, Published on 20/03/2015
» Japan today commemorated the 20th anniversary of the fatal nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, but experts say the horrifying case still leaves more questions than answers about what motivated the killings.
Born into a world behind bars
Spectrum, Published on 04/01/2015
» Hose is a friendly, four-month-old boy who lives in the Central Women’s Correctional Institution in Lat Yao. While a cool breeze blows outside the prison building in the afternoon, Hose, along with about 20 other babies, is tucked warmly inside a small blanket and towel. They lie side by side on a long cushion on the nursery floor. Nurses watch over the babies, and guards in turn watch over them, since they are all prisoners, too.