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The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP) is preparing a letter to the Ministry of Health urging the capital-provincial administrations to coordinate their intervention in the prisons within their territories due to the high rate of Covid-19 positive test results within those facilities.

The UN in Cambodia urged the General Department of Prisons (GDP) to provide information on the spread of Covid-19 in the nation’s prisons in a transparent manner – a decision relevant officials said rests with the Ministry of Health and local authorities.

COVID-19 is spreading through Cambodia’s prisons and warrants urgent measures to prevent an uncontrollable outbreak, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP).

The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation is set to open a youth rehabilitation centre in Kandal province in the third quarter of this year with the initial step of transferring about 300 juvenile offenders from prison to the facility.

Rights groups call for early releases of prisoners nearing the end of their sentences to help slow the spread of the disease.

Minister of Justice Koeut Rith reminded judges, prosecutors, court officials and all civil servants of the trial chamber at all levels to adhere to the law, behave professionally and ethically to provide legal services to people in an effective manner without corruption.

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