Thailand is not the first country to propose such a solution to beat the labour crunch triggered by the global health crisis.- Reuters
BANGKOK, March 5 (Bloomberg): Facing an acute labour shortage after the pandemic-induced lockdown sparked an exodus of migrant workers, Thailand has a solution: Get prisoners to work in factories.
The initiative, put forward by Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin, would involve building industrial estates where companies can run their production facilities staffed by inmates nearing the end of their jail sentences.
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