Prison Visits
The Chonburi Women’s Correctional Institution, the main female facility in the Eastern region of Thailand, takes up a space of approximately 23 acres and has a capacity of 2,047 women. The space is divided into an internal area of approximately 10 acres and an external area of approximately 13 acres. The institution provides various contract work and internal vocational training programmes including food and beverages, laundry and telemarketing services (call centres). Additionally, it offers external vocational training, where women are taken to train in professional skills at locations around the prison or at the prison’s vocational training facilities, primarily aimed to develop career paths and prepare prisoners for reintegration upon release. Moreover, the Chonburi Women’s Correctional Institution operates a separate wing for pre-release centre, housing prisoners who have remaining sentences of less than three years to undergo pre-release programmes and re-entry preparation to support and facilitate their reintegration into society. The visit to the Chonburi Women’s Correctional Institution starts at 7.15 AM and finishes at 2.00 PM (arrive at the TIJ building).