A Secret History of the Bangkok Hilton

by Chavoret Jaruboon, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol

Overview

Bang Kwang Prison is one of the most notorious penal institutions in the world. Located seven miles north of Bangkok city in the Nonthaburi Province, the prison is home to over 8,000 inmates, among them ruthless killers, rapists, drug traffickers, conmen and thieves.

The Bangkok Hilton is understaffed, overcrowded, and filled with inmates who struggle with insanity as they spend the first months of their sentences chained in leg irons. Prisoners outnumber guards by 50 to 1. Until now, the reality of life inside Bang Kwang has remained a secret.

Chavoret Jaruboon's book is the most insightful, candid and thought-provoking book ever written about Thailand's most notorious institution. If you want to understand Bang Kwang, its guards, prisoners and its unwritten rules, you must read this book.

Winner of the 2011 Asian Publishing Awards

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149510955
Publisher:	Maverick House
Publication date:	03/19/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	583,949
File size:	424 KB

About the Author

Born in 1948 in Bangkok's Sri Yan neighbourhood to a Muslim mother and a Buddhist bigamist, Chavoret Jaruboon worked as a rock musician, nurse, soldier and prison guard, before taking on the role of prison executioner at the Bangkok Hilton.