PHOTOS

27 APR 2012

Prison Raid Bares Results

The Corrections Department holds a press conference to present the results of raids held over the past six months. Confiscated items including cell phones, illicit drugs, and weapons seized from prisons nationwide. Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd.

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Prison Raid Bares Results — Prison guards are armed with shotguns and sniper rifles that shoot rubber bullets.

Prison Raid Bares Results — The Corrections Department demonstrates new restraining devices used to control inmates including handcuffs and waist and leg chains.

Prison Raid Bares Results — 9,513 cell phones, including satellite phones and 5,834 SIM cards were confiscated from prisons nationwide.

Prison Raid Bares Results — Authorities confiscate a wristwatch that doubles as a mobile phone.

Prison Raid Bares Results — During the raids 58,991 tablets of methamphetamine and 6 grams of crystal meth are seized from prisons nationwide.

Prison Raid Bares Results — Various weapons, mostly knives and sharp objects, are seized during the jail raids.

Prison Raid Bares Results — Prison officials demonstrate a contraption designed to shoot contraband items over prison walls and into the hands of waiting inmates.