Certainly a novel idea, and one that has been adopted in the form of football, soccer, basketball, baseball and even amateur boxing in many Western prisons.
The idea that practising and focusing one’s energy in to sport will allow quicker and more efficient rehabilitation is becoming rapidly more accepted in modern society.
As the governor of the prison says, the image of Thailand and it’s proud sport is amplified by the challenge of fighting in one of the country’s toughest lock ups, but the next video, also by Fightland Vice, shows a much more underground and controversial form of combat.
Skip to page 3 to see the underground fighting league video….
