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'No escape' for bent warders
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/11/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has vowed tough action against all officials involved in awarding special privileges to Chinese inmates, after a raid at Bangkok Remand Prison uncovered prohibited items and allegations that women were being smuggled into restricted areas.
Nasty legacy of Thaksin prison drama
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 22/01/2024
» The buck stops at the Corrections Department. Or, in other words, stops in the lap of Sahakarn Petchnarin, the department's new director-general who assumed the hot seat last October.
Choppers scour peaks for fugitive
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/11/2023
» Three helicopters have been deployed to fly over the Banthad mountain range as police surrounded mountainous areas in four provinces yesterday to track down escaped prisoner Chaowalit Thongduang following Wednesday's shootout.
Democrat brothers freed from prison on parole
News, Online Reporters, Published on 06/11/2023
» Two Democrat politicians jailed for election fraud, former MP Thepthai Senpong and his younger brother Manote, a former chairman of the Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial administration organisation, were on Monday released on parole from Nakhon Si Thammarat prison.
Locals seek Krabi prison relocation
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/12/2021
» Residents with the Khon Krabi Mai Thon (Krabi People Can't Tolerate It) advocacy group yesterday submitted a letter to the Krabi provincial governor and the chief of the Corrections Department urging them to work with the government and relocate Krabi prison away from residential areas.
Inmates riot again at Krabi jail
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/12/2021
» Krabi: Security remains tight and the situation tense at Krabi prison after a second round of rioting erupted within 20 hours of the first riot breaking out on Thursday at 10pm.
Singkhorn pass closed to all traffic
News, Published on 26/08/2021
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: The Singkhorn border checkpoint in tambon Klong Wan of Muang district will be closed to all traffic for seven days starting Thursday, as part of a bid to control Covid-19 infections in the province.
City bars in three districts shut
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/04/2021
» Entertainment venues in three Bangkok districts have been ordered closed from April 6-19 to contain the spread of Covid-19, city governor Aswin Kwanmuang announced on Monday.
Warders impinged on protest leaders' rights - court
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/03/2021
» The Criminal Court has ordered warders to fully protect the rights of Arnon Nampa and other protest leaders currently being held at the Bangkok Remand Prison.
Ministry denies prison abuse claim
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 19/03/2021
» The Justice Ministry yesterday denied a claim that prison warders threatened to harm detained anti-government protest leaders and accused them instead of endangering the health of other inmates by resisting Covid-19 tests.