-4- 2. Results of Implementation of Corrective Measures and Recommendations The Department of Corrections issued letters no. MOJ 0705.1/27651 dated September 20, B.E. 2559 [2016], memorandum no. MOJ 0705.1/10419 dated April 24, B.E. 2560 [2017], and the most urgent letter no. MOJ 0704.1/7284 dated March 18, B.E. 2564 [2021], informing the NHRCT of its implementation of corrective measures and recommendations made by the NHRCT, as well as its opinions to promote and protect human rights. Summary is as follows. 2.1 The Department has urged Bangkok Remand Prison officials to consider the application of confinement instruments to persons in custody strictly in compliance with Section 14 of the Correction Act B.E. 2479 [1936] and amendment, the ministerial regulation of the Ministry of Interior issued in accordance with Section 58 of the Correction Act B.E. 2479 [1936] and amendment, including an order note to act with caution and strictness. 2.2 The Correctional Staff Training Institute, which trains officers of the Department, has reaffirmed the understanding with the officers concerning security in line with human rights protection of persons in custody and put emphasis in all training courses for staff, such as a course for newly employed correctional officers and a warden course, to treat such persons with due respect of human dignity. 2.3 Officers responsible for supervising persons in custody shall give instruction to use confinement instruments strictly in accordance with the law. The Department has ordered prisons and correctional facilities to comply with the law all the time, and issued warnings in case the application of confinement instruments does not comply with the law. 2.4 The Department has now deployed confinement instruments which are more humane, similarly to other civilized nations. At the same time, it still maintains effective control in accordance with the Department’s Announcement on the designation and size of handcuffs and leg chains. 2.5 The Department has considered implementing the recommendation on the use of uniforms to conceal confinement instruments, and views that special lanes should be provided for persons in custody that would better prevent photographing by the media than such uniforms would. This, however, requires a budget and involves other agencies, such as the Courts of Justice, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Justice. The Department has issued a note to all prisons in Bangkok jurisdiction to comply with a guideline suggested by the Criminal Court; that is, if the accused or defendants are in the process of requesting temporary release, officials will arrange to separate them to a room pending the temporary