The thirty-nine prisoners who were sentenced to death (the Plaintiffs), claimed that while being prisoned at Klong Prem Central Prison, Department of Corrections (the Defendant) applied the instruments of restraints (chains) in massive weight with prisoners in order to prevent the escape from custody. The prisoners argued that such enchainment violated basic human rights under the Constitution and against the law and UN Charter on human rights. The prisoners filed a case with the Administrative Court to cease the enchainment, and to consider if the enchainment would violate the prisoners’ human rights and be wrongful act.