The Corrections Department holds a press conference to present the results of raids held over the past six months. Confiscated items including cell phones, illicit drugs, and weapons seized from prisons nationwide. Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd.
The Corrections Department holds a press conference to present the results of raids held over the past six months. Confiscated items including cell phones, illicit drugs, and weapons seized from prisons nationwide. Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd.
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The Corrections Department demonstrates new restraining devices used to control inmates including handcuffs and waist and leg chains.
9,513 cell phones, including satellite phones and 5,834 SIM cards were confiscated from prisons nationwide.
Authorities confiscate a wristwatch that doubles as a mobile phone.
During the raids 58,991 tablets of methamphetamine and 6 grams of crystal meth are seized from prisons nationwide.
Various weapons, mostly knives and sharp objects, are seized during the jail raids.
Prison officials demonstrate a contraption designed to shoot contraband items over prison walls and into the hands of waiting inmates.