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‘Container cells’ for felons set for release

‘Container cells’ for felons set for release

The Corrections Department will next week seek Bt1.4Bt1.4 billionbillion from the Cabinet to build light-security sections at 17 prisons out of containers for convicts who are due to be released soon.

“The inmates will not be strictly controlled in the containers. There will be no wardens but vocational instructors,” Charnchao Chaiyanukit, permanent |secretary for the Justice Ministry, said yesterday.
The new prison areas would be surrounded by electric wires, but not fences.
The new project would be introduced at 17 prisons nationwide in a bid to solve the chronic problem of overcrowding.
Normally, a new prison costs Bt1.7about Bt1.7 billionbillion to construct. Inmates put in them would be those who have six months to a year left to serve.
“The inmates will attend job skills and living courses to prepare them before being freed.
“The training will be based on an individual’s needs so they can land a proper job when discharged and won’t become repeat offenders,” he said. The Probation Department was assigned to provide the education and check the readiness of prisoners for re-entry to the community.
An estimated 20,000 prisoners will undergo the training in the ‘container’ facilities each year.
 

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