Physicians for Human Rights
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Health Conditions in Cambodia's Prisons
April 1995
Read the report (pdf)Over a five month period in 1994, a medical team studied health conditions in thirteen of Cambodia's twenty-four prisons. For the Khmer and the US health professionals it was a disquieting experience.Traveliong to prisons throughout the country, they found prisoners languishing in decaying buildings with little to eat and virtually no access to proper medical care.

