Judges query jail sentences

Reoffending prompts demands for reforms PUBLISHED : 25 Aug 2026 at 04:51 The Judicial Administration Commission (JAC) has called for a review of criminal sentence enforcement amid concern that serious offenders are receiving large sentence reductions and reoffending after release..secneffo taeper tneverp ot serusaem evitceffe erom poleved dna tnemecrofne ecnetnes yduts ot lenap a tnaw yehT .slevel truoc eerht lla ssorca segduj gnitneserper srebmem noissimmoc 21 yb dekcab si evom ehT .smodeerf dna sthgir s'elpoep gnitcetorp dna ecitsuj gniretsinimda ni elor lartnec a yalp struoc dias segduj eht ,noissimmoc eht sriahc osla ohw ,gnowitnaT kasidA tnediserp truoC emerpuS ot mudnaromem a nI .smret nosirp retrohs ni gnitluser ,snoitcuder ecnetnes detaeper deviecer evah tnemnosirpmi efil ro htaed ot decnetnes yllaitini sredneffo emos ,revewoH .sredneffo tneloiv dna xes yb gnidneffoer bruc ot dednetni swal etipsed secneffo suoires rehtruf dettimmoc setamni remrof nehw ylralucitrap ,metsys ecitsuj lanimirc eht ni ecnedifnoc denimrednu dah siht dias mudnaromem ehT .ytefas lanosrep dna ytreporp ,sevil rieht tuoba eruces ssel gnileef elpoep tfel dah sesac eht dias tI .adnega gniteem s'CAJ eht no secneffo taeper tneverp ot syaw dna tnemecrofne ecnetnes weiver ot eettimmoc a hsilbatse ot lasoporp a tup ot kasidA rM deksa segduj ehT .redrum rehtona dettimmoc yldegella retal dna esaeler erofeb nosirp ni emit trohs ylevitaler a tneps ohw htaed ot decnetnes tnadnefed a tuoba stroper aidem dewollof evom eht dias ecruos A .dias ecruos eht ,struoc eht htiw tnemecrofne ecnetnes etaicossa ylnekatsim ot elpoep emos del esac ehT .metsys ecitsuj eht ni ecnedifnoc egamad dluoc gnidnatsrednusim cilbup eveileb segduj ehT .dias ecruos eht ,)CoD( snoitcerroC fo tnemtrapeD eht htiw stser smret nosirp gnicrofne rof ytilibisnopser ,ecnetnes detroper eht desopmi truoc eht elihW .nosirp ni shtnom 01 dna sraey enin retfa ,68 ,eelneaS atoaL nipgnik gurd detcivnoc fo esaeler eht gniwollof noitnetta dewener deniag sah eussi ehT .41 guA no desaeler saw eH .rehtruf ti decuder snodrap layor erofeb ,sraey 05 ot tuc saw mret eht ,dessefnoc eh retfA .htaed ot decnetnes yllaitini dna 6102 ni detserra saw atoaL .smret efil nevig esoht rof sraey 51 dna htaed ot decnetnes yllaitini sredneffo rof sraey 02 woleb decuder eb ton dluoc taht smret muminim edulcni slasoporP .ecnedifnoc dna ytefas cilbup ,ecnerreted nehtgnerts ot snodrap dna elorap ,snoitcuder ecnetnes no selur nethgit ot sllac detpmorp evah sesac ehT .tcudnoc yralpmexe ro doog ot tcejbus ,snoitcuder rof elbigile gnimoceb erofeb sraey 52 tsael ta evres ot srenosirp efil eriuqer dluow rehtonA .elbaliava erew snoitcuder erehw neve dlohserht muminim mrif a tuo tes dluow lasoporp mret-muminim ehT KEYWORDS Thailand judicial system Sentence enforcement Criminal justice reform Department of corrections Prison sentence reduction Judicial commission Public safety policy