Rommani Nart prison, Bangkok

Corrections Museum (formerly Rommani Nart prison museum) - darkometer rating : 8 - --------------- UPDATE: the site has moved to a new location, away from the original prison, and has a new name. See UPDATE notes below. --------------- A former prison in Bangkok , Thailand , now partly converted into a museum – and an exceptionally dark one at that, its section about capital punishment in particular. UPDATE: the museum has moved to a new location, so is no longer at the actual former Rommani Nart prison. And it's been renamed "Corrections Museum". > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: this former corrections centre and maximum security and remand prison for Thailand's capital Bangkok was built in 1890 – and what the present museum covers mostly pertains to the olden days of a brutal retribution system of corporal punishments and executions. Not that Thailand is over this altogether – there's still capital punishment … and its "modern" method is also covered in the museum. Don't get the place confused with the infamous "Bangkok Hilton", which is the Bang Kwang Central Prison (where apparently such a museum used to be housed), although sometimes the Klong Prem Prison is attributed this epithet too. Both are still functional. This prison, on the other hand, was closed and mostly demolished between 1987 and 1992, except for a couple of watchtowers and two blocks. These now house the museum – the rest of the former prison grounds have been turned into a rather pleasant little park (if it wasn't for the backdrop of the prison remnants …).