-3The NHRCT has, therefore, resolved to submit following corrective measures and recommendations to the Department of Corrections (examination report no. 104/2559, dated August 9, B.E. 2559 [2016]). 1.1 Corrective Measures The Department of Corrections must urge and warn its officials to consider application of confinement instruments strictly in compliance with the Correction Act B.E. 2479 [1936] and the ministerial regulation of the Ministry of Interior issued in accordance with Section 58 of the Correction Act B.E. 2479 [1936] and amendment with the intention to prevent the re-occurrence of similar human rights violation 1.2 Recommendations (1) The Department of Corrections should assess its officials’ understanding regarding security maintenance with due respect of human rights of persons in custody. Education, training and monitoring of the development of standards of security and human rights should be organized regularly and continuously. (2) Officials responsible for controlling persons in custody should consider the application of confinement instruments strictly in accordance with the law, and wardens shall order applying them to persons in custody only as required by law. (3) The Department of Corrections should consider instruments with modern technology to replace existing confinement instruments to render due respect to human dignity, rights and liberty of persons in custody. (4) Once the confinement instruments are applied, the Department of Corrections should consider measures to protect dignity of the detained persons. Photographing people with confinement instruments and publishing to the public will humiliate them and degrade their dignity. In this connection, the Department may use uniforms for persons in custody that can conceal the confinement instruments, and while taking such persons outside prisons, photographing should be prevented. (5) The Department of Corrections should separate people in their custody. People who commit serious offences, particularly against lives, bodies or properties, should be separated from those who have committed offences of politics in nature such as security or political offences, or offences in manners that are non-life-threatening. The latter group should be considered on a case-by-case basis as to how to be detained appropriately.

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