Thai Prison Statistics

Thailand Bail’s lawyers and legal advisors make frequent trips to the Thai prisons in almost every province, including Bangkok, Surat Thani (Koh Samui), Chonburi (Pattaya), Rayong, Udon Thani, Chiang Mai, Prachuab Khiri Khan (Hua Hin), Phuket, and others. Many of our clients ask us about Thai prison statistics, so we thought we would share the latest numbers, as of September 2018. According to the Department of Corrections in Thailand, there are a total of 364,288 prisoners who are currently in the various prisons around Thailand. From Bangkok to Chiang Mai to Udon Thani to Phuket and Koh Samui, it is clear Read more

Thailand Bail Helps People Get Out of Jail

Thailand Bail has been helping people get out of jail for decades. In Thailand lawyers can be used to provide a guarantee as well as legal assistance for those who have been detained by the police or the court. We make a point of having 24 hour service for emergency situations where your friend or family gets arrested in Thailand. We are active in Bangkok, Pattaya, Samut Prakarn, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, as well as every province in Thailand. What sets Thailand Bail apart from other copycat law firms is that we have a focus on bail and criminal defense. We are capable of providing support for civil cases, family cases, immigration cases, as well as other legal Read more

Thailand Bail Featured on RIA Novosti (Russian News)

On 12 August 2016, Thailand Bail was featured in an article by major Russian news company RIA Novosti, part of the RT group. The article highlights the work from Thailand Bail on a major Thailand – Russia – USA extradition case. Within the first day, thousands of people read this article, which was expertly written about the case of Dmitry Ukrainskiy, Russian national who was detained in Thailand pending an FBI investigation. Thailand Bail represents a wide variety of clients from many countries, including Russia and the United States. While we will not comment directly on cases that we are actively working on, we do encourage you to read the article. It is in the original Russian language below, as well as the translated version in English above the Russian Read more

Thai Prisons Are Overcrowded, According to News Report

SUMMARY

Police Colonel Khun Suchart Wongananchai recently reported to the media that the Department of Corrections is in need of more civil servants. Staff have been hired to fill vacancies, but the majority of these workers are temporary. In addition, many of the officer positions have been filled with privileged inmates who often carry out much of the work in and around a prison.

Khun Suchart indicated that the current number of civil servants was 11,000 thousand. Read more