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Send Them to Hell: The Brutal Horrors of Bangkok's Nightmare Jails

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Release date
April 2nd, 2009
Pages
432
Illustrations
1 x 8pp colour
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
Mainstream Publishing
ISBN-13
9781840189919
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Description

Send Them to Hell is an authentic, yet horrifying, story of a two decades journey through the abominations that make up a significant measure of Thailand's Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice and Penal systems, as well as the Child Sex and Prisoner Slavery that runs rampant in that country. Graphically revealed through the eyes of some of those who live - or have lived - through it is the unimaginable; inhuman behaviour and atrocities; instances of extreme cruelty, degradation and corruption; bizarre occurrences and systematic legal and human rights abuse; all of which are part of every day life for those confined behind the walls of Thailand's most notorious prisons.

In televised interviews recorded a decade apart a retired Thai Supreme Court President and a former Prime Minister both confirmed that, on a percentage basis, between 50,000 and 60,000 totally innocent people are suffering the barbarism of Thai prisons at any given time. Many will never be released; some will be flogged to death or maimed by vicious guards; many will die from the diseases they are exposed to constantly; some will commit suicide; some will be executed; most will be used as slaves to manufacture products for export or domestic sale; all have had those valuable years of their lives stolen from them.

An inconceivable human tragedy; not unknown to those in positions to demand reform, but swept under the carpet in the name of diplomacy and trade considerations. This book exposes it all for the world to
see.

Author Biography

Sebastian Williams was born in Australia just a couple of years after Hitler discovered he wasn't as invincible as he believed he was. An un-spectacular but reasonably happy childhood followed as he grew up in the less than well-to-do suburbs of his home town in Queensland with four siblings, but when he reached his early teens he decided to buckle down and make a mark for himself in whatever way he could. He began his first business while he was still in secondary school. Graduating in architecture was his next challenge and that achieved he set about establishing a company in New Guinea. Over the ensuing four decades he developed and operated quite a number of other businesses in several countries; Thailand being one of them.

With more than 25 years of exposure to the cultural idiosyncrasies and the way things are done (and not done) in that country, and countless hours of investigation and research, Sebastian had a wealth of knowledge to draw upon when he wrote 'Send Them to Hell'.. 'Justice Incorporated' is the title of his next true crime biography.

He now lives with his family in a far less hostile environment where he can concentrate on his new projects without fear of intimidation (or worse) and will probably never return to the Land of Smile
 

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Review by Martin on 29th August, 2009
"Highly accurate and exceptionally good"
"Send Them to Hell is a highly emotional 301 pages of gripping revelation. It describes in shocking and brutal detail how very easy it is in Thailand to become entrapped in endless hellish torment; to be murdered by vicious sadistic officials; to be blackmailed and left destitute; to be gang raped at the whim of the corrupt and decadent 'Servants of The People'; to have the most basic of legal and human rights completely ignored; to be used and abused as slaves to produce products for export; to be incarcerated and chained like an animal for years on end even though yet to be convicted of a crime; how corruption and influence replaces justice and how scapegoats are routinely imprisoned or even executed to protect the guilty.”

This is an extract from the description provided for this book by the publishers and the Author, and having actually experienced a lot of this barbarism personally whilst I was myself imprisoned in Thailand for more than four years - and having now read this story - I can confirm that the above is an accurate, if not a little understated, portrayal of how it is. The Author has done an excellent job of capturing the emotions and the intricate details that represent the realities on the inside. It even has photos of the actual barcode tags that prove that Woolworths in Canada was purchasing plastic flowers made by prison slaves. I mention this because I was one of those slaves and made thousands upon thousands of them and got nothing but a lot of aggravation if I didn't fill my quota on time.
 
 
Review by Snow on 22nd December, 2009
"This is a tremendously well reaserached and investigated book"
Sebastian Williams is certainly an author with a great future in front of him if he keeps putting out work like this one, which as I understand it is his first published. His style is quite unique and he seems to have a passion for a little sarcasm in the right place, which gave this book a rather nice touch I thought. The main character, Sly, is evidently a criminal of some long standing. His reference to quite a few other terms in prison makes me skeptical of his claims of innocence in this case, but just the same the background and the story has been portrayed in such a riveting manner that the book was hard to put down. Lots of little surprises and cliff hangers that make it far more appealing than all of the others I have read about the Thai criminal justice system and Thailand in general.

Sebastian has quite obviously put in a tremendous amount of research and investigation before writing this and he has linked it all together with such a lot of fine detail that one feels to be right in there looking out. I give him a top rating for this effort and hope to see more from him soon.
 
 
Review by Snow on 22nd December, 2009
"Sebastian's debut novel"
Sebastian Williams is certainly an author with a great future in front of him if he keeps putting out work like this one, which as I understand it is his first published. His style is quite unique and he seems to have a passion for a little sarcasm in the right place, which gave this book a rather nice touch I thought. The main character, Sly, is evidently a criminal of some long standing. His reference to quite a few other terms in prison makes me skeptical of his claims of innocence in this case, but just the same the background and the story has been portrayed in such a rivetting manner that the book was hard to put down. Lots of little surprises and cliff hangers that make it far more appealing than all of the others I have read about the Thai criminal justice system and Thailand in general.

Sebastian has quite obviously put in a tremendous amount of research and investigation before writing this and he has linked it all together with such a lot of fine detail that one feels to be right in there looking out. I give him a top rating for this effort and hope to see more from him soon.
 
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