Most of us living in Chiang Mai must have driven past those high white washed walls trimmed with barbed wire near the Three Kings Monument, surrounded by a cheerful moat of Canna flowers and secretly shuddered at the imagined horrors beyond.
In early 2000, the new prison opposite the Provincial Hall was completed and nearly 2,000 men were moved from the centre of Chiang Mai into the new facilities. Four hundred women remained in what was previously a mixed prison and thousands more soon arrived from throughout the north of Thailand. Today the Chiang Mai
Women's Correctional Institution houses just under 2,300 women between the ages of eighteen and eighty three, and is the only female-only penitentiary institution in the north of Thailand.

Full article describing the unit can be found here E-Citylife (http://www.chiangmainews.com/ecmn/2006/may06/46_47_great_hit.php)

I have seen this prison. I was amazed how big this institution is. I have seen this from a mountain and I am still suprized that you almost never hear about this institution. I also have made a picture of it but this was made by my regular camera so I will try to scan it and place it also here. It depends on the quality.

That would be great, Nicoletta, thanks!