Dept to follow report of infected prisoner

By THE NATION

 

Narat Sawettanan

 

The Department of Corrections has not received a report on the prisoner said to have contracted Covid-19 , despite the case being raised by the government’s Covid-19 news centre, said director general Narat Sawettanan.

 

“I will check but I have not been told where he is being held, Narat said on Wednesday (March 25).

 

Meanwhile, the Department of Disease Control’s deputy director general Asadang Ruayajin said personal information of the infected prisoner had not been checked.

 

The Department of Disease Control and Department of Corrections , he said, are collaborating to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in prisons.

 

“Currently, visits are not allowed, and new prisoners are screened” he said. “Moreover, those suspected of being infected are moved to secluded areas as a preventive measure," he said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384803

 

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I am a regular prison visitor and have been for many years. The last visit I was able to make last week to Nong Plalai (Pattaya), there were 8 people isolated as suspected of having the virus. It has become impossible to visit, so no way to confirm if they were positive or not. Social distancing in the prison is not an option any more than a sardine in a tin asking for a bit more wriggle room. If it is in there, the infection rate is likely to be 100% and the death toll will be horrendous, as medical care is essentially non existent unless you are in Klong Prem with the prison hospital wing next door.

Just the state of prisons in Thailand would make it quite unbelievable that there are no cases of the virus......but, letting the news of infections may cause complete panic....a rock and a hard place for the PM.

4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

I am a regular prison visitor and have been for many years. The last visit I was able to make last week to Nong Plalai (Pattaya), there were 8 people isolated as suspected of having the virus. It has become impossible to visit, so no way to confirm if they were positive or not. Social distancing in the prison is not an option any more than a sardine in a tin asking for a bit more wriggle room. If it is in there, the infection rate is likely to be 100% and the death toll will be horrendous, as medical care is essentially non existent unless you are in Klong Prem with the prison hospital wing next door.

For someone with a little humanity what you write there is scary.

maybe he can go infect the rapist & child killer section