Behind the Wall

CHIANG MAI, THAILAND

At the heart of this town is the shell of the former Chiang Mai Women’s Correctional Institution that incarcerated women primarily for drug offenses. After the facility was closed in 2013, prisoners were relocated and offered training in massage therapy as part of a reentry program. Buddhist monks held seven days and nights of rituals to cleanse its foul past. Now the building is host to rats, cats, snakes and graffiti artists.