Derrière les barreaux : les Thaïlandaises paient le prix fort pour les infractions liées aux drogues

Attirées par l’argent facile, une échappatoire à la pauvreté ou à la pression de la famille, des milliers de femmes sont emprisonnées pour des infractions liées aux drogues en Thaïlande, qui a l’un des taux les plus élevés au monde en termes de femmes incarcérées. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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Mai, 27, was sentenced to three years in jail after she was caught with 20 "yaba" pills -- a slang term for methamphetamine known locally as "crazy medicine" -- used by tens of thousands of Thais from taxi drivers to students.

"The amount of yaba was more than was considered for personal use so I was charged with selling," said Mai, whose boyfriend is also in prison for dealing methamphetamine.

She is serving her second stint behind bars in a prison in Ayutthaya north of Bangkok where she lives with her baby boy, and has no hope of early release in a country with one of the world's strictest anti-drugs policies.

A three-year jail sentence for meth possession is routine in Thailand, where use of the illegal stimulant is rife.

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