Tuesday, 13 December 2011
The Phnom Penh Post
Photo by: Heng Chivoan
Former prisoners in Cambodian prisons claim they were often forced to pay bribes to guards and prison officials in order to obtain necessities, such as food and medicine. Inmates are being exploited in the Kingdom’s prison system by guards who demand bribes in exchange for food, medicine and visiting rights, and intimidate those who secure goods from other officials, according to a report from rights group Adhoc obtained by the Post yesterday.
Chan Soveth, senior investigator for Adhoc which monitors 22 prisons nationwide in all provinces, said that most of the 42 former inmates interviewed by Adhoc this year said they had had to pay guards to obtain food and medicine and receive visits from their relatives.
Chan Soveth, senior investigator for Adhoc which monitors 22 prisons nationwide in all provinces, said that most of the 42 former inmates interviewed by Adhoc this year said they had had to pay guards to obtain food and medicine and receive visits from their relatives.
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