Print version| Country | THAILAND | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Corrections | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 222, Nonthaburi 1 Road, Suanyai, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +66 2967 3333 fax: +66 2967 3335 Web: www.correct.go.th |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Suchart Wongananchai
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
262,077
at 3.4.2013 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
373
based on an estimated national population of 70.27 million at beginning of April 2013 (from United Nations figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
26.3%
(1.2.2013) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
14.7%
(1.2.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
*
(Juvenile offenders are the responsibility of the Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection and are not included in the prison population.) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.0%
(mid-2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
142
(2009) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 109,430
(2009) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
194.7%
(2009) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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