Fightland today presents the latest from Fightland Show, titled Thai Prison Fights. In the episode, Fightland travels to a high-security prison in Bangkok where inmates box outsiders for money, shorter sentences, and the greater glory of Thailand.
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Being incarcerated is never good, but getting locked up in Thailand is a particularly bad idea. The country’s prisons consistently feature prominently on lists of the world’s worst. Conditions for inmates are notoriously harsh, and contact with the outside world is minimal – which is why fighting outsiders is so appealing to cooped-up inmates.
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