Thailand’s prison overcrowding is one of the most severe problems deteriorating its justice system and prisoners’ wellbeing. Meanwhile, the emergence of Covid-19 in Thailand and worldwide reverberates the concerns and sparks the need for the country’s justice system that should be less dependent on detention and imprisonment and must seek a sustainable and optional solution.
Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) is acting on its continued commitment by proving adoption of restorative justice to be the sustainable and crucial solution needed to alleviate overcrowding in prisons and congestion in the court system. The move also widens access to justice in Thai society, especially in the educational sector, with the launch of the TIJ’s short film “The Missing Rock” depicting how restorative justice can erase a retributive mindset in victims and offenders.
