News Forum - 5,000 prisoners in Thailand are suffering from mental health illness

[Thaiger]

There are 260,000 prisoners across 143 jails in Thailand, and around 5,000 convicts are dealing with mental health problems. Psychologists revealed anxiety and depression is most common among prisoners sentenced for drug-related offences. A large number of offenders already suffer from mental illness before arrest while others deteriorate once they are jailed, according to the Corrections Department. Prisoners are treated by psychologists in the penitentiary if inmates have mild symptoms such as depression, anxiety and stress. However, those with severe symptoms are sent to the hospital for treatment. Most of the prisoners are suffering in Bangkok and Thonburi jails. There […]

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[Guest1]

2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

and around 5,000 convicts are dealing with mental health problems

And I though that many of them got in there, because of existing mental health problems, which lead to the crime. 

[Fanta]

Good on TheThaiger for shining some light on the most neglected people in Thailand. 1 in 50? imo, that is a wildly optimistic figure from the DOC. According to their own figures 20% of inmates caught Covid. And no-one was anxious about the risk of infection let alone the reality of living inside the oppressive Thai prison system with no visitors for nearly 2 years? Those inmates must be modern day Spartans or perhaps too scared of repercussions or social stigma to tell the truth.

[Poolie]

It was the Bangkok Post.

[Cabra]

I suspect this is a massive undercounting