'Not a friendly place': Inside the Bangkok prison where ex-PM Thaksin is jailed

Three blankets to sleep with, an open bathing area, bland food and the constant risk of violence. These are the conditions inside the maximum security prison in Thailand's capital where 76-year-old former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is jailed, according to two people with knowledge of the facility. Once one of Thailand's richest and most powerful men, Thaksin was ordered on Tuesday to serve a year in jail by the Supreme Court, which determined that the billionaire had wrongfully spent time in a hospital in lieu of prison. Thaksin's initial eight-year sentence for conflicts of interest and abuse of power while prime minister from 2001-2006 was commuted to one year, following his homecoming from self-exile in August 2023. He was released on...