Thailand Bail’s lawyers and case specialists visit prisoners in the Bang Kwang Prison and have first-hand information about what life is like inside the Bangkok Hilton, Bang Kwang Prison is typically reserved for prisoners whose cases have been finalised, although some prisoners inside are waiting for judgments from the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court (Koh Samui), For example (Pattaya), if a defendant with a major drug case is housed in the Bam Bat, Udon Thani, Klong Prem, Prison (and the judgment comes down from the Court of First Instance sentencing them to a lengthy prison term), usually, years or more. they will be moved to the Bang Kwang Prison, regardless of if they are appealing the decision, 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 to see that there are many people in a Thai prison.

In order to better understand the Thai prison statistics, we can see that from the report, that out of the 364,288 prisoners, 295,398 (or 81%) of them are convicted prisoners, meaning their cases have been finalised. The so-called “Bangkok Hilton” is usually associated with the Bang Kwang Prison in Nonthaburi 66,414 prisoners (or 18%) Thailand Bail’s lawyers and case specialists visit prisoners in the Bang Kwang Prison and have first-hand information about what life is like inside the Bangkok Hilton. Bang Kwang Prison is typically reserved for prisoners whose cases have been finalised (although some prisoners inside are waiting for judgments from the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court 1%) For example. if a defendant with a major drug case is housed in the Bam Bat, Klong Prem, Prison.

and the judgment comes down from the Court of First Instance sentencing them to a lengthy prison term, although some prisoners inside are waiting for judgments from the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court 87% usually (316,152 prisoners). years or more 13% (48,136 prisoners) they will be moved to the Bang Kwang Prison. regardless of if they are appealing the decision. For example, at the Klong Prem Prison complex, there are actually 4 prisons in the compound. They are the Bangkok Remand Prison, the Klong Prem Central Prison, the Bam-Bat (Drug Prison, although the name literally means drug rehabilitation centre), and the Klong Prem Women’s Prison.

A final figure released from the Department of Corrections was related to recidivism, The so-called “Bangkok Hilton” is usually associated with the Bang Kwang Prison in Nonthaburi. Thailand Bail’s lawyers and case specialists visit prisoners in the Bang Kwang Prison and have first-hand information about what life is like inside the Bangkok Hilton 2018, Bang Kwang Prison is typically reserved for prisoners whose cases have been finalised 14% although some prisoners inside are waiting for judgments from the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court 1 For example. if a defendant with a major drug case is housed in the Bam Bat 24% Klong Prem 2 Prison, and the judgment comes down from the Court of First Instance sentencing them to a lengthy prison term 32% Klong Prem 3 usually.

years or more, they will be moved to the Bang Kwang Prison regardless of if they are appealing the decision, and we are happy to provide a free consultation about how to visit a Thai jail, what a lawyer can do to make life in a Thai prison easier, and many other topics related to the Thai prison system.