Cambodian inmates endure crowded prisons

While the government estimates that there are 15,000 prisoners, rights groups say the number is much higher.

05 Nov 2011
Al Jazeera

The Cambodian government is debating a controversial law to overhaul the country's increasingly overcrowded prison system.

While the government estimates that there are 15,000 prisoners, human rights groups say the true number is much higher.

A look inside a prison in rural Cambodia reveals the conditions many inmates are forced to endure.

Steve Chao reports from Pailin.