The Thai prison system fosters despairing circumstances and long sentences while it remains a vulnerable place for HIV/AIDS transmission. Siam-Care received authorization in 2007 to dedicate a team to Bangkok’s prison hospital. Both the male and female wards are visited 3 times a month. Once a month the team also goes to one of main female prisons and spends the day there. These visits allow Siam-Care the opportunity to:
• Befriend HIV-positive patients
• Offer counseling, encouragement, and advice
• Rebuild or strengthen contact between inmates and their family members
• Conduct HIV/AIDS awareness sessions for all patients
• Assimilate patients who are released back into society
• Provide home-care support to prisoners’ families
Through its prison outreach, Siam-Care offers hope and love to some of Thailand’s most injured and lonely souls.
