Jake Mastroianni, the Australian DJ who made headlines when he was sentenced to two life sentences in Thai prison for possessing 61 ecstasy pills has been transferred from Bangkok’s Klong Prem Prison to Bang Kwang Prison in Nonthaburi to serve his harsh punishment amongst death row offenders.
The 26-year-old was arrested for possessing the pills in 2014 in Pattaya, even though they were found in his Thai girlfriend’s apartment. He pled not guilty.
Mastroianni’s lawyers have been trying to get him transferred to an Australian jail but have had no success and their appeal to cut the sentence was denied.
Nathan Feeney, one of Mastroianni’s lawyers, was not pleased at news of the transfer to the rough facility on the outskirts of Bangkok.
According to Chaing Rai Times, that prison has 7,000 prisoners and 10 percent are on death row. They also reported that as many as 50 people can be kept in each dirty cells and they get only one bowl of rice to eat her day. Convicts wear leg irons for the first three months they are there.
Feeney said that, even though he is working with authorities and will apply for a Royal Pardon from the King, he does not foresee Mastroianni being transferred in under eight years.
