Criminal Justice Reform A Lesson On Comparative Criminal Justice
As of May 2019, there are 386,902 inmates in the Thai prison system. In 2018, the food cost for prisoners totaled 7,521,347,880 baht or 54 baht per day. Prisons are overcrowded retaining nearly four times as many as inmates than its actual capacity, while crime and recidivism rates are still high. The criminal justice system has made significant strides over the years in the effort to prevent and reduce crimes, as well as to rehabilitate and reintegrate ex-prisoners into society, yet challenges remain.
