Picture: A Thai female prisoner winning the world boxing title against a Japanese figher in Klong Prem Prison in Thailand.
When I was waiting for my flight to Siem Reap in new Suvarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok) I watched a boxing match on TV. In the beginning I thought it odd that two girls were boxing. Than I realized that one girl was Thai and one Japanese. And finally I read the tiny but visible prints on the Thai girl’s shorts: “department of corrections”. And I remembered reading about this annual slug-fest before where female boxers from Japan and Thai prisoners slug it out at notorious Bangkok’s Klong Prem Prison. And the oddest thing was that in between the rounds they showed wonderful commercials about the wonderful life inside Thai prisons. Well, why not consider a stint at Klong Prem next time you are going to Bangkok (everyone goes to Phuket)?
Read about my visit to Klong Prem prison here: http://easteatswest.typepad.com/east_eats_west/2006/02/inside_klong_pr.html
And if you want to read about how it is to be in a Thai Prison (The Klong Dan Prison in Samut Prakan) from the perspective of a Thai named Gor, go here: http://www.thaiprisonlife.com/
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