Number of detainees in Cambodian prisons has doubled in past 10 years.
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:03 pm
Various reasons are given for the increase in numbers, including improved law enforcement action. However, rights' groups have pointed out that the large numbers of suspects being held in pre-trial detention plays a major role in this rise in the Cambodian prison population. There are also increasing numbers of detainees with drug and alcohol problems, and people with mental health problems are often put in prison due to the lack of medical facilities.
For all these reasons, Cambodia's prison population is becoming severely overcrowded.
Prison rates soaring in Cambodia
Fri, 4 November 2016
Cambodia's incarceration rate has doubled in the past 10 years, according to statistics obtained from the General Department of Prisons.
Department spokesman Nouth Savna said that in 2006 there were just 9,634 people behind bars; as of earlier this week, that figure had increased 125 percent, to roughly 21,700.
Justice Ministry officials did not respond to requests for comment on how the Kingdom’s incarceration rate had gone up so sharply – doubling from 0.07 percent to 0.14 percent of the total population being in prison...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p ... g-cambodia
For all these reasons, Cambodia's prison population is becoming severely overcrowded.
Prison rates soaring in Cambodia
Fri, 4 November 2016
Cambodia's incarceration rate has doubled in the past 10 years, according to statistics obtained from the General Department of Prisons.
Department spokesman Nouth Savna said that in 2006 there were just 9,634 people behind bars; as of earlier this week, that figure had increased 125 percent, to roughly 21,700.
Justice Ministry officials did not respond to requests for comment on how the Kingdom’s incarceration rate had gone up so sharply – doubling from 0.07 percent to 0.14 percent of the total population being in prison...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p ... g-cambodia