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I spent five months in a hellish Thai jail — and shared a cell with 180 people: ‘Nightmare’
By SWNS,
14 hours ago
A British teacher has told how he spent five months in an “inhumane” prison in Thailand — sharing a cramped cell with 180 criminals.
Jamie Morton, 30, was living in Thailand and teaching English and would get involved in the drug and alcohol scene on the weekends.
In January 2019, Jamie stood on a street corner and claimed he was surrounded by eight people who then took him to IDC detention centre, Thailand.
He said the prison was a “nightmare” and “horrendous” where inmates were only allowed out for one to two hours a day and they would only have running water for a few hours.
In May 2019, Jamie was released from prison and was flown home to London, where said he was “elated” to be back on English soil.
Since coming back to the UK, Jamie has turned his life around, he has given up drinking and married his partner, Faaizah.
Jamie, an online coach, from Birmingham, said: “I was young, living in Thailand and working illegally as a teacher.
“I got into the wrong crowd of people and put into prison.
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