Dr Barbara Owen

Independent Researcher, Owen Research and Evaluation, United States

Chontit Chuenurah

Director of the Office for the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders, Thailand Institute of Justice, Thailand

Chontit Chuenurah is the Director of the Office for the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders at the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ). She has been involved in national, regional, and international advocacy related to promoting and protecting human rights in prison settings. As part of her work, she supervises several research projects focusing on women’s pathways to imprisonment and recidivism in Southeast Asia. She is the author/ co-author of articles and book chapters on these issues. Also, Chontit leads social reintegration projects through government, private sector and civil society collaborations.  Chontit is specialised in topics related to prison reform, the treatment of offenders, and UN standards and norms with a strong focus on the gender aspect.

Associate Professor Samantha Jeffries

Associate Professor, Griffith University, Australia

Dr Samantha Jeffries is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Her research focuses on marginalised social statuses, criminalisation, victimisation and (in)justice. She has researched intimate partner violence; the sex industry; gender, Indigeneity and sentencing decisions. Over the last ten years, Dr Jeffries has collaborated with the Thailand Institute of Justice, undertaking studies on gendered pathways to criminalisation; human rights and women’s experiences of imprisonment, re-integration, and electronically monitored parole. She has co-authored a book on domestic violence (Romantic Terrorism) and co-edited the book Gender, Criminalization, Imprisonment and Human Rights in Southeast Asia. Dr Jeffries regularly conducts Bangkok Rules training with criminal justice personnel in Southeast Asia for the Thailand Institute of Justice. She has been invited and subsequently provided expert advice to Australian governments and international organisations in the areas of gender, criminalisation, imprisonment and gender-based violence.

Dr Yodsawadi Thipphayamongkoludom PhD

Project Manager for the Office for the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders, Thailand Institute of Justice, Thailand

Yodsawadi Thipphayamongkoludom is a Senior Project Manager for the Office for the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders at the Thailand Institute of Justice. As part of her work, she supervises several research projects focusing on understanding women’s backgrounds, pathways to imprisonment, and their rehabilitation needs. Her work includes TIJ’s Research Series on Women Prisoners and the implementation of the Bangkok Rules in ASEAN, and Surveying Victimization Experiences among Young People in Custody. She has also been involved in multiple training programmes for senior correctional staff and prison officers on the importance of gender-responsive prison management in keeping with international standards like the Bangkok Rules and the Mandela Rules.