Inmates transferred to reduce crowding
Share Inmates transferred to reduce crowding Tue, 19 January 2021 Eighty-seven out of nearly 800 inmates have been transferred from Kratie provincial prison to Stung Treng in an effort to alleviate severe overcrowding. Kratie prison director Kva Saran told The Post on January 19 that the transfer had been approved by the Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons. Most of the inmates had been charged with theft or possession or use of drugs. “Our prison is small and was designed to accommodate only 400 prisoners. But until recently, we had almost 800 so the prison cells get hot ...
Source: phnompenhpost.com