Daniel Sancho, who is accused of premeditated murder, concealment of the body after dismemberment and destruction of the victim’s documentation, He would be taken to one of the most feared prisons in the world: Bang Kwang, also known as Hilton.
The penalties that the Spanish citizen faces, for the alleged murder and dismemberment of the Colombian Edwin Arrieta, would be life imprisonment or the death penalty in Thailand. However, he could be forgiven by the king of the South Asian country and his sentence would be reduced or he would serve it in his country of origin.
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According to the Spanish newspaper El Periódico, the Bang Kwang prison in Bangkok is the place where many of those guilty of very serious crimes serve their sentences and where Artura Segarra, a Spanish citizen who kidnapped, tortured and He dismembered David Bernat.
Furthermore, in this place of confinement there are from murderers of all kinds to rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers and hitmen. There are also criminal gangs and daily attacks between inmates, who are overcrowded. The food is not enough for everyone and when there is it is of poor quality.
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The big problem of this detention center is the overcrowding of inmates. Fernando Cocho, analyst, reported that “Bang Kwang Prison is an indirect death threat. In fact, the mortality rate is 25% over two years. Inmates die from malnutrition, disease and violence.”
The inmates’ cells They are about four square meters and in each one there are between 8 and 10 prisoners. The occupancy rate of this prison is more than 300%.
