News Forum - Department of Corrections fires 10 prison officials for misconduct

[Thaiger]

10 prison officials have been dismissed by the Department of Corrections after a variety of serious breaches of conduct have been investigated. The dismissals range from smuggling to gross negligence and misconduct relating to 5 murders, and authorities fear that the egregious misconduct has shaken people’s confidence in the Department and the prison system. The Director-General of the DoC detailed the list of staff dismissed yesterday, following a review conducted by a departmental general subcommittee. Names were not released, but the actions that led to the 10 officers’ firings were outlined. One prison staffer was dismissed for gross misconduct regarding […]

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[palooka]

“For the next fiscal year, the DoC has stressed that its officials must act with honesty and strictly adhere to the regulations.”

Only have to behave for a year.   NO problem.

 

One prison staffer was dismissed for gross misconduct regarding the murder of 5 family members, though details were not revealed in that case.

The mind boggles at what happened there.

[Jason]

The jailer is not better than the prisoner.... time for new staff. It seems the jailers have been corrupted. Not surprising and a good arguement for constantly rotating staff through the prisons.

[anarchofarmer]

Is it the same as back home where screws are simply cops who couldn't pass the exam? Or, being Thailand, couldn't fill the envelopes enough??

[Graham]

Ok so they've been fired, any of these now in the prison system as convicts or were they let off with a slap on the wrist, oh I forgot, TIT. 555

[ThaiEyes]

I wonder what is worse, releasing a prison staffer out to the public or a prisoner?

[Jason]

So they were just dismissed? Any word on actually prosecuting them?

[Griff1315]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

So they were just dismissed? Any word on actually prosecuting them?

Transfers to leading posts in the RTP maybe....