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South African Women in Prison in Thailand
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Dawn Van Niekirk
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Dawn Van Niekirk is a South African woman who has been incarcerated in
Lard Yao womens prison in Thailand for over 13 years as of 2005.
Letters can be addressed to Dawn at:
Dawn van Niekerk
Lard-Yao - Women's Correctional Center
#6 ( Pailin ) Room #2
33/3 Ngam Wong Wan Road
Chatuchak, 10900
Thailand,
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Vanessa Goosen
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Vanessa Goosen, a former Miss SA finalist who is serving a 30 year sentence in Lard Yao Prison.
She was arrested at the Bangkok Airport in 1994 with 2.7kg heroin in her possession.
She was pregnant at the time and her daughter, Felicia was born in prison.
A friend in Johannesburg is raising the child. Vanessa has lodged an appeal to the King of Thailand and is
hoping her plea for mercy is successful. Please read more at her campaign page.
This is a young woman who deserves a second chance in life.
'I pray for a chance to have my freedom, my life, restored.
I ask myself everyday, will I survive the next 23 years of my remaining sentence?' Vanessa Goosen.
Click Here for Vanessa Goosen Case Informaiton
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Gladys Naidoo
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Gladys Naidoo is a South African grandmother who is serving 60 years in jail for drug
trafficking has told of her hell in a dingy cell in Thailand which at one stage
she shared with 250 other inmates.
A Thai court imposed a 100-year sentence, which was reduced to 60
years in 1996 when prisoners were given a pardon by Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
In letters to her family, Naidoo tells of her life in Bangkok's notorious prison -
which has a population of more than 50 000 - and how sometimes she must get by on only one meal a day.
As of September 2007 it has been reported that Gladys is still in prison in Thailand.
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Eugene Noboto
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Eugene Noboto was born on 2/12/1971 and is from Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Charges : Drug possesion charges. Transporting the drugs from Thailand to South Africa.
Arrested : Bangkok airport on 20/12/1999
Sentence : Life sentence
Years served : 4 years
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Octavia Malevu
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Octavia Malevu is a South African woman last reported to be in Building number: 2
Birthday : 13/9/1963:
Hometown : Durban,SouthAfrica
Charges :Drug possesion charges from Thailand to SouthAfrica,
April of 1994
Sentence years : 41
Years served : 9.5 ,No release date
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News & Information
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Gladys Naidoo News Story
Story of a visit to the Lard Yao Womens prison
Holly Dean-Jones, an Australian woman in Lard Yao womens prison
Hundreds of S. African smugglers behind bars in other countries: report
S/A Beauty still in Thai prison
Xhosa king backs Goosen’s pardon
Informaiton on Lard Yao Womens Prison
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Contact Information
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
REGARDING CARE PACKAGES
Drug trade in Thailand prisons leads to ban on prison gifts
Read More Here
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You can write to any of the women above at the following address.
Letters can be addressed to at:
Prisoners Name
Lard-Yao - Women's Correctional Center
#6 ( Pailin ) Room #2
33/3 Ngam Wong Wan Road
Chatuchak, 10900
Thailand,
Visiting Days : : Monday to Friday
Morning sessions : from 9.00 till 11.00
Afternoon sessions : from 13.00 till 18.00
Contact visits : from 9am to 3pm : depends on prisoner's behavior classification
Be sure to Contact the prison to be sure you have been granted Visitation
Click Here for more informaiton on Lard Yao Womens Prison
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Petition to Support Transfer of South African Women in Thailand
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