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Factories to be built at Ban Bueng prison to train inmates

Factories to be built at Ban Bueng prison to train inmates

First sod turned in planned prison reform

Inmates of Bangkok Remand Prison attend a writing class in July 2019 under a programme to equip them for life after they are released and discourage recidivism. The Corrections Department’s plans for factory estates at prisons will provide much greater opportunities for job training. (Bangkok Post file photo)

Four factories will be built on land at the Ban Bueng temporary prison in Ban Bueng district, Chon Buri province, under a Corrections Department plan to establish industrial estates where inmates who are soon to be released can learn on-the-job work skills, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Monday.

Mr Somsak was speaking after laying the…

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