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Thailand is considering offering early parole and provisional releases for thousands of inmates, as COVID-19 continues to scythe its way through the country’s overcrowded prison system.
On Monday, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin told reporters that the inmate population was well over capacity and that a plan to reduce the pressure is currently being developed. The Justice Ministry is also working to amend drug laws in order to adjust the penalties for drug offenders, which Somsak said could result in reduced sentences for some 50,000 inmates once enacted.
After escaping from 2020 mostly untouched by the coronavirus, Thailand is battling its third and most serious wave of COVID-19
Thailand: Covid-19 Outbreaks in Prisons
Accelerate Releases; Improve Protection, Medical Care in Detention Facilities In this photo released by the Department of Corrections, COVID-19 prisoners sit inside a field hospital set up at the Medical Correctional Institution to treat COVID-19 inmates in Bangkok, Thailand on May 8, 2021. © 2021 Department of Corrections, Thailand via AP
(New York) – People held in Thailand’s overcrowded prisons and detention facilities are at grave risk from Covid-19 outbreaks, Human Rights Watch said today. The Thai authorities should immediately act to ensure that prisoners and detainees have access to adequate protective measures and health care. The authorities should swiftly reduce overcrowding by releasing people who do not pose a serious and concrete risk to others.
Human Rights Watch
People held in Thailand’s overcrowded prisons and detention facilities are at grave risk from Covid-19 outbreaks, Human Rights Watch said today. The Thai authorities should immediately act to ensure that prisoners and detainees have access to adequate protective measures and health care. The authorities should swiftly reduce overcrowding by releasing people who do not pose a serious and concrete risk to others.
On May 12, 2021, Thailand’s Corrections Department announced that 1,795 inmates in Bangkok Remand Prison and 1,040 in Central Women’s Correctional Institution had tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19. In addition, hundreds of people detained in provincial prisons such as in Chiang Mai and Narathiwat have reportedly tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Thousands infected with COVID-19 in Thai prisons
Thousands infected with COVID-19 in Thai prisons
THAILAND: People held in Thailand’s overcrowded prisons and detention facilities are at grave risk from COVID-19 outbreaks, Human Rights Watch said today (May 13).
Photo: Bangkok Post file.
The Thai authorities should immediately act to ensure that prisoners and detainees have access to adequate protective measures and health care. The authorities should swiftly reduce overcrowding by releasing people who do not pose a serious and concrete risk to others.
Yesterday, Thailand’s Corrections Department announced that 1,795 inmates in Bangkok Remand Prison and 1,040 in Central Women’s Correctional Institution had tested positive for COVID-19. In addition, hundreds of people detained in provincial prisons such as in Chiang Mai and Narathiwat have reportedly tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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