Post by Phil on Apr 26, 2015 20:21:18 GMT 7
For hundreds of years Thais in prison have attempted to win their freedom through kickboxing matches. And now foreigners are allowed to enter these notorious jails and do battle with the inmates
Moo doesn’t seem like someone with 23 years of a 24-year sentence left to serve. His career as a driver for a drugs gang ended when he was nabbed piloting a carload of yaba, a methamphetamine derivative that translates literally as “crazy drug.” Now the 22-year-old spends 13 hours each day with four other men confined along to a 1.5 x 3.5 meter cell. “I made a big mistake,” says Moo. “And I’ve paid the price for what I did.”
time.com/24630/prison-inmates-in-thailand-fight-foreigners-for-their-freedom/
Moo doesn’t seem like someone with 23 years of a 24-year sentence left to serve. His career as a driver for a drugs gang ended when he was nabbed piloting a carload of yaba, a methamphetamine derivative that translates literally as “crazy drug.” Now the 22-year-old spends 13 hours each day with four other men confined along to a 1.5 x 3.5 meter cell. “I made a big mistake,” says Moo. “And I’ve paid the price for what I did.”
time.com/24630/prison-inmates-in-thailand-fight-foreigners-for-their-freedom/
