Jabs in jail: Health workers vaccinating inmates at the Minburi Remand Prison in Bangkok. — AFP
A Covid-19 surge sweeping through the country’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.
