TheBangkok Corrections Museum is anincarcerationmuseum inBangkok,Thailand. It is located on Maha Chai Road. It was modelled on theBrixton Prison of England.[1] The prison museum was established in 1939 in another prison, theBang Kwang Central Prison, which had served as a training center for corrections officers and gained the notorious title "Bangkok Hilton" in the way that theHanoi Hilton did inVietnam for its brutal prison history.[2]
The museum records the macabre history and prison life in Thailand. Later the remainder of the site became theRommaninat Park, officially opening on August 7, 1999, by PrinceMaha Vajiralongkorn.[2]
The museum is closed for the foreseeable future.
On the upper floor are life-sized waxed figures involved in execution scenes, depicting gruesome scenes with swords and torture.[2]
The second and third blocks of the Bangkok Corrections Museum contrastingly exhibit the finest items made by the prison inmates during their imprisonment such as furniture and handicraft, some of which are for sale.[2]
Cell Block 9 however, is considerably more brutal, exhibiting the execution chamber and quarters where they would eat their last meal.[2] Numerous weapons used in the old penal system are on display, notably the man-sized rattan ball with sharpnails pointing inwards.[3]
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