'Special zone' to house 500 drug inmates | Bangkok Post: news

CRIME

The Corrections Department is gearing up to transfer about 500 prisoners who have been convicted of serious drug offences to Khao Bin Central Prison's "special zone" next month.

Shifting them to the zone, which is equipped with high-tech security equipment, is a tactic to halt smuggling of illegal drugs into prisons and to stop inmates from maintaining contact with drug contacts outside.

Corrections Department deputy chief Kobkiart Kasiwiwat yesterday said commanders of maximum security prisons such as Bang Kwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi, Khao Bin Central Prison in Ratchaburi, Klong Pai Central Prison in Nakhon Ratchasima and Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok have been asked to identify inmates known to have connections with drug rings.