Corrupt guards helped inmates get drugs for parties

Parties were held by inmates of the central Nakhon Si Thammarat prison in violation of prison regulations, made possible by corrupt guards allowing in narcotics and contraband items, deputy Corrections Department director general Kobkiat Kasiwiwat admitted yesterday.

Use of drugs is believed to have been free and rampant - information supported by video clips extracted from seized mobile handsets.

When a third round of prison searches turned up another 39 mobile phones - after more than 400 handsets had been found in two earlier searches - Kobkiat admitted to the drug parties after video clips shot by inmates had been extracted.

"There will likely be more handsets found hidden in the prison while the searches continue," he added.

Allegedly corrupt guards would be disciplined, pending an internal investigation, he added.

The new prison commander, Suraphol Kaewparadai, took over yesterday and inspected safety procedures.

New measures would require all guards and even the commander to undergo mandatory processes, including a daily body search, when they entered detention areas in the prison.

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