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COVID-19: Provisional release on the cards for some inmates in Thailand amid overcrowding
Inmates are treated for COVID-19 at the Medical Correctional Hospital on May 8, 2021. (Photo: Department of Corrections, Thailand)
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BANGKOK: Some inmates in Thailand could soon get a provisional release as the government plans to reduce overcrowding in prisons in its fight against COVID-19.
A new wave of outbreak is sweeping through detention facilities nationwide. More than 100,000 people have been infected in Thailand since April, including some 18,000 prisoners.
Fight against Covid in jails ramps up
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48 Ayut Sinthopphan, director-general of the Corrections Department, centre, explains the Covid-19 outbreak at two Bangkok prisons on Thursday. Also present were his deputy Weerakit Hanpariphan, left, and Watchai Mingbanjerdsuk, acting director of the Correctional Hospital. (Photo supplied)
The Corrections Department is ramping up efforts to contain the Covid-19 outbreak at two prisons in Bangkok, where nearly 3,000 inmates have tested positive for the disease.
Director-general Ayut Sinthopphan said on Thursday there were 1,039 Covid-19 cases at the Central Women s Correctional Institution and 1,794 more at Bangkok Remand Prison in Lat Yao sub-district of Chatuchak district.