The Problems of Sentence Plan and Rehabilitation in Prison System of Thailand

Abstract

The sentence plan is individual plan to define activity and treatment for inmate when imprisonment. The plan aims to decline risk of reconviction and harm to society when release as well as rehabilitation of inmates.  This qualitative research aimed to study problems of the sentence plan and rehabilitation in the prison system of Thailand. The data were collected by in-depth interviews of 25 samples selected from correctional officers, probation officers, and police officers. The results revealed that there were 3 principal causes of problems of sentence plan and rehabilitation in prison of Thailand, including inmates, prison systems, and relevant justice agencies. The researcher deemed that enhancement of the efficiency of the sentence plan and rehabilitation in the prison system in Thailand was to increase the number of correctional officers to be adequate to the amount of workload, to adopt technology in the operation, and provide more training of the sentence plan and rehabilitation for correctional officers.