Department of Corrections (Thailand)

The Department of Corrections (Thai: กรมราชทัณฑ์ กระทรวงยุติธรรม) is an agency of the Thai Ministry of Justice. Its mission is to keep prisoners in custody and rehabilitate them.[1] Its headquarters is in Suanyai Subdistrict, Mueang Nonthaburi District, Nonthaburi Province.[2]

Prisons and prison population

Chiang Mai Women's Correctional Institution

The department manages 144 central prisons, provincial prisons, district prisons and other correctional facilities across Thailand,[3] housing some 41,694 female and 247,889 male prisoners.[4] More than half of that number were incarcerated for an "Offence Against Narcotics Law".[5]

Facilities

Bang Kwang houses Thailand's death row for men and execution chamber.[6] The Klong Prem (Lard Yao) section for women houses female death row inmates.[7][8]

LGBT facility

The Department of Corrections is moving towards separating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) prisoners from other prisoners to ensure their safety and security. Min Buri Prison will be used as a prison for LGBT prisoners under a pilot scheme. There are 4,448 prisoners self-identified as LGBT: 2,258 females, 2,156 males, and 34 transgenders. LGBT inmates account for about one percent of Thailand's total of 300,000 prisoners.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Vision & Mission". Department of Corrections. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Contact Us". Department of Corrections. Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 19 January 2016. "222 Nonthaburi 1 Street, Suanyai Sub-district, Muang district, Nonthaburi province, Thailand 11000" - Thai address and map: "กรมราชทัณฑ์ 222 ถนนนนทบุรี 1 ตำบลสวนใหญ่ อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดนนทบุรี 11000 โทร 02-967-2222"
  3. ↑ "Prisons and Correctional Institutions". Department of Corrections. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Number of Prisoners, by Gender". Department of Corrections. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Number of Convicted Prisoners, by Type of Offences [sic]". Department of Corrections. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Wongruang, Piyaporn. "When the Killing Hour Arrives" (Page 2). Bangkok Post. 30 August 2009. Retrieved on 4 July 2016. Former URL
  7. ↑ Joseph, Joanne and Larissa Focke. Drug Muled: Sixteen Years in a Thai Prison. Jacana Media, 2013. ISBN 1920601201, 9781920601201. p. 195. "Goosen says that[...]when she was on death row,[...]She tells of how, shortly after she arrived at Lard Yao,[...]"
  8. ↑ Rao, Nathan. "My despair at the Peru two." The Daily Mail. Friday August 30, 2013. Retrieved on July 4, 2016. "Sandra, 48, was initially handed the death sentence[...]Her sentence was reduced to life, which in Thailand is 99.9 years, before being commuted to 25 years in the notorious Lard Yao jail, dubbed the Bangkok Hilton."
  9. ↑ Laohong, King-Oua (6 July 2016). "Separate LGBT jails on cards". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 July 2016. (Archive)

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