THE PRISONERS PRE-RELEASE IN THAILAND

Abstract

         This research aims to study and analyze 1). The problems and the obstacles regarding the preparation of the prisoners before the release to the societies in Thailand 2). The preparation measures before the prisoners are released 3). The guidelines of the preparation before the release of the prisoners in foreign countries, such as the Federal Republic of Germany and Japan, particularly the issues concerning the return of the good person to the society, and the prevention of the recidivism. According to the study, there are problems and obstacles of the laws and practices regarding the preparation before the release of the prisoners in Thailand, such as the absence of the individual penalty enforcement plan for each prisoner, the lack of the integration with other sectors in education, religion, occupational training, personality development and living support. Moreover, pursuant to the study of both laws and practices in the abovementioned foreign nations, their individual penalty enforcement plan, their measures regarding the development of the prisoners in various aspects, and their measures concerning the improvement of the prisoners’ behaviors, can be applied to the laws and the practices in Thailand.

         The research suggests that there should be the enactment of the law, imposing the individual penalty enforcement plan for each prisoner, the system providing the essential information of the prisoners, and the preparation for each inmate before the release, in accordance with the prisoner’s possible future, in order to set the directions regarding education, occupational training, personality development and living support, which are suitable to the actual life of such prisoner after the release. This shall be implemented by integrating with other sciences, and cooperating with other sectors, such as the state organizations, the community, the entrepreneur, and the family within the area where each prisoner will be living after the release.