Thailand considering releasing 50,000 prisoners early amid surge in Covid cases in crowded prisons

• Thailand is considering releasing 50,000 inmates as Covid-19 spreads in its prisons, per Bloomberg.
• The virus has been spreading rapidly in Thailand’s prisons; more than 70% of new cases reported Monday were in prisons.
• The move would cut Thailand’s prison population by 16%.
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Thailand is considering releasing up to 50,000 inmates early as Covid-19 spreads in its prisons, Randy Thanthong-Knight reported for Bloomberg on Tuesday.

On Monday, 71% of Thailand’s new cases were found in prisons, the Bangkok Post reported. Thailand has now reported more than 13,000 cases in its jails, according to the Post. In one jail in Chiang Mai province, more than 60% of inmates tested in the first half of May were…