Fifteen jailers dismissed for various offences

[webfact]

Fifteen jailers dismissed for various offences

By The Nation

 

 

Fifteen officers have been fired for failing to perform their duties, Corrections Department director-general Narat Sawettanan said on Thursday (May 21).

 

One officer was accused of letting an inmate have sex with a visitor, allowing an inmate to use a cellphone and cutting a tree without permission, four did not show up for work at the prison for more than 15 days, two possessed drugs, two took a cellphone into the prison, one extorted an inmate, one falsified a document, one was allegedly an accomplice in allowing a cellphone and drugs into the prison, one took cigarettes into the prison, one sold painkillers, one took money from the inmate’s relative yo provide him privileges.

 

Narat emphasised the importance of discipline in the Corrections Department and said the stringent action had to be taken to restore confidence in the public.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30388255

 

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[Just1Voice]

Sounds like the biggest crooks wore guard uniforms. 

[crobe]

"cutting a tree without permission" ????

High crime, must be worth at least 5 years

[ChipButty]

Thats just in one day

[garygooner]

Corruption. Here, there and everywhere! 

[transam]

14 minutes ago, crobe said:

"cutting a tree without permission" ????

High crime, must be worth at least 5 years

The scaffold.....????

[ChipButty]

27 minutes ago, crobe said:

"cutting a tree without permission" ????

High crime, must be worth at least 5 years

Good job it wasn't mushrooms

[worgeordie]

So just sacked...no other charges to face.?

no wonder they are all at it,one way or another,

get caught just fired,afraid a tin of worms will be opened.

 

regards Worgeordie

[Encore]

My experience during > 4 months of remand, pending a police investigation and denied bail, was that the Corrections Dept 'Police' guards: smuggled drugs into the prison; took bribes to 'overlook' prisoner run loan sharking and beatings; ignored high stakes gambling (nominally using cigarettes or coffee); broke into prisoner lockers and stole items; et al.  The guards spent most of the day sat in their aircon offices while the daily running of the prison was left to 'trustees' who had bribed the guards to get their position, as it conferred many extra privileges.  Trustees who worked in the 'shop' would add a premium to 'valuable & attractive' items, such as coffee, cigarettes and tobacco, and skim off the extra.  Of course, attempts were made to hide these activities and there was consistent denial, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.  The whole experience was simply a reflection of the mores of society at large with endemic and systemic corruption.      

[ben2talk]

1 hour ago, Just1Voice said:

Sounds like the biggest crooks wore guard uniforms.

No, just being a prison guard is fairly low in the chain of crooks. The bigger crooks are the ones that ordered them arrested - the crooks just get bigger until you hit the richest of them all.

[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

One officer was accused of letting an inmate have sex with a visitor

Is there a sliding scale for that as a tug is quicker than a full on integration .. 

[darksidedog]

I have been a prison visitor for many years and I have lost count of the millions I have had to pay out over the years. The smoking ban this year has given a new one, where for a monthly fee, an inmate gets his tobacco and a place to smoke it. Cost 50,000 Baht one time to get life saving medicine in.

The whole lot through the police, prosecutors, courts, prisons, have no concept of honesty and integrity. And they have managed to find just 15 breaking the rules? Laughable.

[DaddyWarbucks]

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

So just sacked...no other charges to face.?

no wonder they are all at it,one way or another,

get caught just fired,afraid a tin of worms will be opened.

 

regards Worgeordie

Where I come from it's a "can of worms"...

If it were to be opened here it would most certainly reveal a chain-of-command structure underpinning this egregious kleptocracy.

[KMartinHandyman]

Hard to believe all this mischief and no foreigners weaved into the story. 

[AhFarangJa]

A perpetual state of affairs that comes as absolutely no surprise to anyone with half an active brain cell.

I am waiting for the second installment when they turn their attention to the B.I.B..................

[scorecard]

18 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Sounds like the biggest crooks wore guard uniforms. 

Given the above, seems to me this would be 'normal' right across the country, rampant.

 

Again no proper controls, monitoring and accountability at the top.

[Mick501]

18 hours ago, Encore said:

My experience during > 4 months of remand, pending a police investigation and denied bail, was that the Corrections Dept 'Police' guards: smuggled drugs into the prison; took bribes to 'overlook' prisoner run loan sharking and beatings; ignored high stakes gambling (nominally using cigarettes or coffee); broke into prisoner lockers and stole items; et al.  The guards spent most of the day sat in their aircon offices while the daily running of the prison was left to 'trustees' who had bribed the guards to get their position, as it conferred many extra privileges.  Trustees who worked in the 'shop' would add a premium to 'valuable & attractive' items, such as coffee, cigarettes and tobacco, and skim off the extra.  Of course, attempts were made to hide these activities and there was consistent denial, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.  The whole experience was simply a reflection of the mores of society at large with endemic and systemic corruption.      

Interesting insight.   

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Sounds like the biggest crooks wore guard uniforms. 

I was going to reply but then again I'd rather keep my freedom of speech!

[Jonathan Swift]

18 hours ago, DaddyWarbucks said:

Where I come from it's a "can of worms"...

If it were to be opened here it would most certainly reveal a chain-of-command structure underpinning this egregious kleptocracy.

A pandora's box of worms

[Laughing Gravy]

Narat emphasised the importance of discipline in the Corrections Department and said the stringent action had to be taken to restore confidence in the public.

 

They will be immediately promoted to police officers, immigration officers and Customs and excise. That will teach them.????

[digger70]

21 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Sounds like the biggest crooks wore guard uniforms. 

Sounds like a Normal prison to me . Jus a bit off bad luck that  some Screws have been caught . ????

[Laughing Gravy]

Narat emphasised the importance of discipline in the Corrections Department and said the stringent action had to be taken to restore confidence in the public.

 

They will be immediately promoted to police officers, immigration officers and Customs and excise. That will teach them.????

[RichardColeman]

Since many use agents, it's a little hard to criticise really

[Scott Tracy]

They are the ones who got caught, or failed to toe the line.

 

This will not, ever, get to the root of the issue.