THE PROVISIONAL RELEASE OF ABSOLUTE PRISONERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REHABILITATION
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The main purpose of this research is to conduct studies on the rights of absolute prisoners to be released for the purpose of rehabilitation, and to find appropriate legal measures in Thailand relating the provisional release of absolute prisoners for the purpose of rehabilitation. The qualitative research will be conducted based on documentary research and comparative studies with New York State in the United States, as well as Kingdom of New Zealand.
According to the study, it was found that allowing absolute prisoners to leave the prison temporarily for the purpose of rehabilitation is indeed one of the rights entitled by the absolute prisoners. This is in order to foster relationships between the absolute prisoners and people in the society and their families, so that they can later adjust themselves to the society. As a consequence, after the sentenced have been served and they have been released, absolute prisoners will not repeat their crimes. Specifically, there are also other related rights to work in business entities, both in the public and private sectors, including their family businesses or freelance work, and rights to leave in order to deal with important or family matters, to join certain social activities e.g. visiting a wife who has just given a child’s birth, visiting seriously ill relatives, participating significant religious ceremonies, joining volunteers’ activities etc.
It is proposed, from the research, that the state should enact measures or policies supporting absolute prisoners to leave prisons for the purpose of rehabilitation, especially in the communities where those absolute prisoners will reside after leaving the prisons, as well as that the Corrections Act B.E. 2560 (2017) be amended.
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