NGO: Use bail to tackle ‘appalling’ overcrowding

2 November 2018
The Phnom Penh Post
Human rights / Ministry of Justice / Prisons / Prisons policy and administration
Chin Malin / Correctional Center 1 / Criminal Code / LICADHO

The number of people being held in Cambodian prisons has reached epidemic proportions, leading to overcrowding and corruption, and causing families to suffer unnecessarily, claims a report by local NGO Licadho. However, Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin rejected the findings, saying the rise in the prison population actually helped society and families and protected criminal investigations. …

 Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-use-bail-tackle-appalling-overcrowding

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