The Corrections Department on Thursday admitted a video clip filmed by an American inmate that showed illegal activities inside Bang Kwang Central Prison was authentic.
The man who recorded the video, which lasted about one minute, was identified only as Jeffry, according to Pol Col Suchart Wongananchai, the department’s director-general. It was posted on British-based LiveLeak.com on Wednesday.
In his video, Jeffry filmed himself and other inmates around him and narrated what he saw in an unidentified area near part of the prison’s wall.
He claimed the inmates seen behind him were using drugs and doing other illegal activities. Jeffrey was heard talking to a Nigerian inmate who was burning a pile of letters.
Pol Col Suchart said authorities investigating the release of the clip had questioned Jeffrey and the Nigerian, whose name was not disclosed. Jeffrey allegedly admitted that he recorded the video himself and it was filmed in October, 2010. He then sent the clip to an American friend and had no idea how it appeared on the LiveLeak website.
Prison authorities had downgraded the two inmates to a “very bad” level. A committee was also set up to investigate why inmates were allowed to make a fire and commit illegal activities.
“When the incident occurred, I was not yet in the position of the Corrections Department director-general. At that time, no crackdown policy on narcotics and other prohibited items, especially mobile phones, had been put in place," he said.
The link can be found here: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cab_1342561856.
The man who recorded the video, which lasted about one minute, was identified only as Jeffry, according to Pol Col Suchart Wongananchai, the department’s director-general. It was posted on British-based LiveLeak.com on Wednesday.
In his video, Jeffry filmed himself and other inmates around him and narrated what he saw in an unidentified area near part of the prison’s wall.
He claimed the inmates seen behind him were using drugs and doing other illegal activities. Jeffrey was heard talking to a Nigerian inmate who was burning a pile of letters.
Pol Col Suchart said authorities investigating the release of the clip had questioned Jeffrey and the Nigerian, whose name was not disclosed. Jeffrey allegedly admitted that he recorded the video himself and it was filmed in October, 2010. He then sent the clip to an American friend and had no idea how it appeared on the LiveLeak website.
Prison authorities had downgraded the two inmates to a “very bad” level. A committee was also set up to investigate why inmates were allowed to make a fire and commit illegal activities.
“When the incident occurred, I was not yet in the position of the Corrections Department director-general. At that time, no crackdown policy on narcotics and other prohibited items, especially mobile phones, had been put in place," he said.
The link can be found here: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cab_1342561856.
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