Coronavirus sweeps through Thailand's overcrowded prisons


A coronavirus surge sweeping through Thailand's prisons has thrown the spotlight on the kingdom's overcrowded penal system, where some inmates have less space to sleep than the inside of a coffin. - AFP

BANGKOK, May 29 (AFP): A coronavirus surge sweeping through Thailand's prisons has thrown the spotlight on the kingdom's overcrowded penal system, where some inmates have less space to sleep than the inside of a coffin.

More than 22,000 people have tested positive inside jails, where inmates living cheek by jowl have been encouraged to keep wearing their masks even while they sleep.

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Thailand , Covid-19 , Surging Cases , Prison , Cluster , Worrying

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