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Bangkok Hilton

Was the nickname Bangkok Hilton in actual use before the TV miniseries of that name? In book The Damage Done the prison's nickname of Big Tiger is refered to many times, and the reason for that name given ("the prison eats people up"), but there is no mention of any Bangkok Hilton nickname. I've also read news reports that claim it is the Klong Prem prison that is nicknamed Bangkok Hilton. Asa01 07:45, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Think you are right, Klong Prem = Bangkok Hilton. Also there are no woman in Bangkwang, they are in Klong Prem. But in many articles Bangkwang Prison is mentioned as "Bangkok Hilton". Bangkwang prison is known as "The Big Tiger" not the Bangkok Hilton. Klong Prem is the Bangkok Hilton.

What I was saying and what I believe is that in reality there is no prison that carries the nickname "Bangkok Hilton". That was invented by the book/minseries or the same name. After the miniseries was screened, journalists have started using the "Bangkok Hilton" nickname as if it is actually used in Bangkok in real life to describe a real prison there. I believe that it is not used at all. Asa01 22:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The word "Hilton" before the prison name is often - sarcastic - used by prisoners. It's more a slogan like 'it isn't Hilton Hotel'. But the prisoners actualy use the name "Bankok Hilton". Maybe after the movie, but it is used often by them and journalist. I got the information from the prisoners themselves. (20-6-2006)

The BBC use this nickname to describe this prison Eraserhead1 10:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Still, that is basically the media reusing the nickname, that was invented by the miniseriesMelbn 12:19, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That was the name of the program, not the prison. Like saying, this program is the real Bangkok Hilton. Format (talk) 07:46, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Below moved from main article: (Asa01 22:03, 20 May 2006 (UTC))[reply]

BANGKWANG Man sentenced to 12 Death Sentences!! Terrorist? Serial Killer? No!!!! Let me introduce my friend from Poland (Mr. Paul) was sentenced to 12 Death sentences! It must be a horrendous crime Mr. Paul committed. How many people did he kill? Well! In Thailand killing someone can be punished by as little as a fifty pound fine settled out of court. So what was Paul’s horrendous crime? On 12 occasions he sent Ecstasy to a so called girlfriend living in Thailand from his home in Poland. The girlfriend, a Thailand citizen, turned out that she worked for the D.E.A. of America. She persuades unsuspecting first time foreign holiday makers to help her by sending her very small amounts of Ecstasy through the post once they return home. In my friends case this ranged from 0.2 grams to 7 grams with a total of just over 50 grams. Paul’s pleas of guilty reduced his 12 Death sentences to a life sentence. Entrapment by the D.E.A. (Police) is illegal in America, but is freely practiced by the American D.E.A. police in Thailand. http://www.steveatbangkwang.bravehost.com

BANGKWANG Living in a Coffin? No such luxury!!! Try and imagine this! For 15 hours a day, every day for the next 33 ½ years I’m confined to living in a space 180cm or 6 feet long by a width of 52 cm or 21 inches, that’s less living space than when I’ am dead and buried in a coffin. 3 blankets folded in half and sown together, to act as my only cushions from the hard concrete floor. Over 20 years of my 33 ½ year sentence I’ am forced to live in a space hardly wider than my shoulders and slightly less than my body length. Overcrowding? Has a whole new meaning herein Bangkwang Prison Bangkok!! Unable to walk, only able to sit up and stand on my bed roll, as every inch of our prison cell floor space we are packed tighter than sardines in a tin!! When I hear of prisons in England being overcrowded where 2 people share a cell with real beds and a toilet, how I dream of such luxury when I compare how I live here. http://www.steveatbangkwang.bravehost.com

Wikiproject Prisons

If anyone is interested, I have proposed a new Wikiproject concerning prisons here.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 16:56, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brutality / Human Rights abuses

There is no mention here about the human rights abuses going on inside, which are detailed in the book "Damage Done", including torture (physical and psychological), murder of prisoners, withdrawal of medical attention, etc.. --201.214.97.253 (talk) 19:21, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 == Wikiproject Prisons ==
 If anyone is interested, I have proposed a new Wikiproject concerning prisons [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Wikiproject_Prisons|here]].--[[User:Cdogsimmons|Cdogsimmons]] ([[User talk:Cdogsimmons|talk]]) 16:56, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
+== Brutality / Human Rights abuses ==
+There is no mention here about the human rights abuses going on inside, which are detailed in  the book "Damage Done", including torture (physical and psychological), murder of prisoners, withdrawal of medical attention, etc.. --[[Special:Contributions/201.214.97.253|201.214.97.253]] ([[User talk:201.214.97.253|talk]]) 19:21, 28 August 2015 (UTC)