Is this not to protect her from the hostility of other inmates? I think after the dust settled, the correction department will give her more normal treatment. They just don't want troubles among their inmates, I guess.

JFL, no I don't think so. They just don't want to have troubles. If Daa should get hurt by her inmates, what's going to happen? What kind of accusation will her supporters throw at the corrections department? They are bureaucrats so they don't want to take any risk. A typical bureaucrat's way of thingking.

The one unusual impression I'm always struck by with the Bangkok "elite" is the way they take things personally, every threat to their rule is not only a threat to "national security", as most authoritarian governments are content with just such a pretext for their oppression, but a personal affront to themselves, which must be dealt with on a personal level.

The person who dared, yes dared!, to oppose them must be crushed. Made an example of for all to see. And their own ruthlessness displayed, the very gods and decency outraged to prove their impious omnipotence.

I cannot forget, and I will not let you forget, the brutal murder of Phra Supoj Suvacano on 17 June, 2005 at the Mettadhamma Forest Dhamma Center in Amphoe Fang. A blameless man, heir to Buddadassa Bhikku of Suan Mok, protector of the lands bequeathed to the Dhamma Center in trust for the villagers. The thugs, attached to a "national politician", brutally murdered him for daring to stand between them and "their" land, for all of Thailand is theirs for the taking, an example of their impiety and disdain for all the things holy to Thais and to all humans alike. The Dhamma Center pled for the MSM to keep the story alive, to give it legs, to walk after the slayers of the blameless Phra. Silence. Nothing. They spit in the face in the face of the Buddha himself and dare anyone to do anything about it.

There must be very few of these Godfathers of the Bangkok "elite". And they are another breed. A breed vanished from such a central position in most societies, banished to the triads and gangs, but firmly ensconced here in Thailand. Spitting in the face of the country's citizens and daring them to do something about it.

Not to stir the pot, but the elites are all over the place, not just in Bangkok. Elites populate social and career relationships, family relationships and criminal relationships, as well as others. This is a bit of a global phenomenon but in Thailand has been made into an illusory science.
Regarding Da, she is getting shafted by 'the system' and those who benefit from it. If ever there was a case to be made for denouncing barbarianism, this has got to be at the fore of a litany of such abuses.
What kind of a small person are you that you can't take verbal insults? Further, what kind of person are you to take perceived insults against others and parade them in court as threats to national security? Does not tolerance, compassion, mercy, common sense and the difference from good and evil penetrate your skull?

It seems that not one head has rolled to date over this Khao Phra Vihean situation, although on the basis of national security it has to surpass Da's alleged offenses. But I guess allowing Thai land to slip over to the hands of 'friendly neighboring countries' is by definition not a national security threat...But to me, a foreigner who does not understand Thais, I kind of suspect that the sisaket fiasco eclipses the one that occurred at the Sanam Luang soapbox back then.