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was different from that appeared in the investigation report of the

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Corrections Department.

33. Recommendation: The Corrections Department should provide

human rights education for its officials and put in place measures to

ensure that they perform their duty strictly in accordance with the

Disciplines of Corrections Officials Act of B.E. 2482 (1939) and the Code of

Ethics for Corrections Officials and that human rights principles are taken

into account to prevent recurrence of physical abuse of detainees. It may

also consider other preventive measures such as installing surveillance

cameras in areas where human rights violations are likely to occur and

setting physical distance between prison wardens and inmates.

Visits to Places of Detention

34. Apart from receiving complaints relating to torture, the NHRCT also

makes visits to places of detention nation-wide, including detention places

at police stations, prisons and immigration detention centers. During 2012-

2013, the NHRCT Sub-Committee on the Rights Relating to Criminal Justice

visited detention places of 16 police stations and 17 prisons in different

regions of the country to obtain information for developing relevant policy

recommendations for the administration of these places in accordance

with human rights principles. In the case of detention places of police

stations, it is found that most police stations have separate cells for male

and female detainees and for juvenile offenders. They are generally in

good physical condition except for a few stations which have rather worn

4 Human rights investigation report no. 760/2012 dated 10 October 2012 on the right to life and liberty of persons: Allegation
on physical abuse by officials of Chaiyaphume Prison.