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international standards and outsourcing detention of under-trial persons to

the private sector should be considered. The Corrections Department

should ensure that every prison under its supervision can provide enough

clean water for the detainees and appropriate medical care is available to

the sick persons. On disciplinary punishment, other instruments of restraint

should be considered instead of shackling which is regarded as degrading.

Moreover, the Corrections Department should review the remuneration of

correctional officials to correspond with the workload and risk inherent in

the job to give them incentives to work effectively.

38. During 2011-2013, the NHRCT Sub-Committee on the Rights of Children

and Women and Equality of Persons visited 3 juvenile observation and

protection centers, 3 correctional institutions for women and one

protection and occupational development center. The visited juvenile

observation and protection centers offered a wide range of services to

detained children including counselling, vocational training, education

provided by the Non-Formal and Informal Education Department of the

Ministry of Education, life-skills learning, and drug treatment. Children

having specific problems were taken care of with the help of a multi-

disciplinary team. As for correctional institutions, the Bangkok Central

Correctional Institution was rather crowded with the number of detainees

exceeding the holding capacity of the prison. Children of detainees were

allowed to stay with their mother for one year and then moved to

Boonthorn Home for Children where they could be visited by their mother

once a week. Chiangmai and Thanyaburi Correctional Institutions were

generally in good condition with relaxing atmosphere. However,

Thanyaburi Institution, which was specifically for women prisoners who