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Dirty work helps inmates clean their conscience

Prisoners nearing the end of their terms are giving back to society by doing a job nobody else wants to do

Auan still wakes up behind bars, but he no longer feels the terrible confinement of being an inmate.

A mud-clogged sewer is dredged as City Hall sets about its flood prevention measures. The dredging work and other public services are usually carried out by inmates as part of their contributions to society. APICHART JINAKUL

For more than a month, Auan, who has been in Klongprem Central Prison for nearly five years, has got out of bed with a fresh feeling, eagerly seizing a rare opportunity to get outside the walls and help dredge the city's sewers.

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Writer: Supoj Wancharoen
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