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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.
Kratom inmates to walk free
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 17/08/2021
» The Ministry of Justice is pledging to free and dismiss drug charges against 12,000 inmates convicted for kratom possession before the plant is formally removed from the list of banned narcotics on Aug 24.
Jail harvest enlisted in Covid fight
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 03/08/2021
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has outlined how prisons nationwide will increase production of the green chiretta medicinal herb to help fight the pandemic.
Prisons' first harvest of green chiretta in Sept: Somsak
King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/08/2021
» Prisons throughout the country are expected to produce a large quantity of green chiretta or fa talai jone (Andrographis paniculata) from the first harvest in September, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Monday.
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.
122 prisons free of Covid infections
King-oua Laohong, Published on 02/06/2021
» There were 122 prisons throughout the country with no Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, while the other 19 reported 1,087 new cases, Corrections Department director-general Ayut Sinthoppan said on Wednesday.
Ministry requests vaccines for prisons
King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/06/2021
» The Justice Ministry has submitted a request to the Public Health Ministry for an allocation of vaccines for officials and inmates at 143 correctional facilities throughout the country, to halt the spread of Covid-19 in prisons, permanent secretary Wisit Wisitsora-at said on Tuesday.
Somsak urges jab drive for inmates to halt rapid spread
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/06/2021
» The best way to halt the spread of Covid-19 in prisons is by quickly vaccinating inmates in facilities which haven't reported a single case yet, according to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin yesterday.
New cases still found in prisons
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/05/2021
» Another 1,228 inmates at 14 prisons across the country have been diagnosed with Covid-19, the deputy Corrections Department chief said yesterday.
1,228 more inmates infected at 14 prisons
King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/05/2021
» Another 1,228 inmates at 14 prisons across the country have been diagnosed with Covid-19, says deputy chief of the Corrections Department.