Former Inmate Recounts Harrowing Conditions in Bangkok Prisons

British traveller Oliver Hardy has described violence, overcrowding and abuse during the one year and four months he spent imprisoned in Thailand. Hardy was convicted of offences including overstaying, using forged immigration documents and leaving the country without passing through an authorised checkpoint. He claims his legal problems began after paying individuals and agencies that falsely promised to arrange visas and legitimate immigration stamps. Hardy alleged that he witnessed stabbings and a sexual assault at Bangkok Remand Prison, while an immigration detention cell reportedly held around 120 people with a broken toilet. He has since been released and resumed travelling, documenting his journey through Asia while maintaining that fraud and poor decisions led to his imprisonment.