The old Chiang Mai women’s prison will soon be torn down. The prisoners have already been transferred to the men’s prison, while the men have gone to a new prison in Mae Rim. We were allowed a look inside before the place was demolished. It might not look like much, but the Women’s Prison was supposed to be one of the best places to do time in Thailand.
Essential reading, or looking, for lonely women
Room 7/1, cell for a number of women
The bathroom
Bunk beds?
The cell on the inside
The cell on the outside
Post Boxes
Literally, ‘danger Zone’ – I’m not sure why
In Honour of His Majesty
Light at the end of the tunnel
The things left behind
The toilets, hardly hidden, are often shared by up to 50 people in a cell depending on the prison
I can’t find any records of break-outs from this prison
A reflection
‘Area 2 – The Warm House’, a place to cure and heal prisoners, for mental and physical therapy’
It would would so much more grim under say a British slate sky
The place was a bit of a mess when we arrived
On our way out
It’s not all bleak…
