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New hope for drug convicts
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 14/09/2020
» Kalae Tapae, a Muslim community located by the river in Sungai Padi district in the southern province of Narathiwat, is now the location of the first half-way house in the restive deep South for Muslims who are former convicts.
Dept to roll out tagging bracelets
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/08/2020
» The Department of Probation yesterday affirmed its plan to begin using electronic monitoring (EM) bracelets on thousands of people who are either convicts on probation or defendants released on bail.
Prisons being developed as tourist attractions
King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/08/2020
» The Corrections Department is working on plans to turn 72 prisons across the country into tourist attractions, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin revealed on Monday.
Tax rebates being offered to firms hiring ex-convicts
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 12/08/2020
» A royal decree has been issued which entitles companies hiring former inmates to claim income tax rebates, according to the Corrections Department.
Serial killer Si Quey cremated
King-oua Laohong, Published on 23/07/2020
» Notorious serial killer Si Quey's body was cremated in Nonthaburi on Thursday after six decades of being on public display, but the final resting place for his ashes has yet to be decided.
Somsak mulls foreign prisoners teaching English
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/07/2020
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has suggested the Corrections Department could consider using foreign inmates to teach English to fellow prisoners to supplement their occupational training.
Foreign inmates should teach English in prisons: Minister
King-oua Laohong, Published on 20/07/2020
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin suggested the Corrections Department could consider using foreign inmates to teach English to fellow prisoners to supplement their occupational training.
Model prisoners may be tagged, released from crowded jails
King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/07/2020
» Model prisoners may be fitted with electronic tags and released on probation, to help relieve congestion in prisons, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Friday.
Banyin in solitary confinement to deter mischief
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 21/06/2020
» Convicted former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn has reportedly been placed in solitary confinement following rumours that he might attempt a jailbreak or commit suicide in prison.
Party's over but it doesn't end in jail
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/05/2020
» A rapid increase of arrests in the month after the government declared a state of emergency in late March to fight the Covid-19 outbreak threatened to overwhelm the already overcrowded prison population.