'Not a friendly place': Inside the Bangkok prison where ex-PM Thaksin is jailed


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  • Thursday, 11 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a cell with a toilet, where inmates sleep, inside Klong Prem central prison, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Three blankets to sleep with, an open bathing area, bland food and the constant risk of violence.

These are the conditions inside the maximum security prison in Thailand's capital where 76-year-old former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is jailed, according to two people with knowledge of the facility.

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