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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.
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Thai govt under fire over Covid-19 outbreak in prisons
More than 10,000 inmates at notoriously overcrowded prisons are known to have been infected
Updated: May 20, 2021 04:38 AM GMT
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A field hospital set up to treat inmates with Covid-19 in Bangkok as Thailand battles its latest surge in infections partly due to outbreaks in prisons. (Photo: Department of Corrections/AFP)
A leading human rights group has slammed the Thai government over an outbreak of Covid-19 in the country’s prisons after more than 10,000 inmates were found to be infected.
On just one day, May 17, nearly 4,000 cases were reported among inmates at Chiang Mai Central Prison in northern Thailand, which is just one of several correctional facilities where mass infections have been documented.