According to the General Department of Prisons, 98 convicts were transferred from Preah Sihanouk Provincial Prison to Correctional Centre No. 3 in Tbong Khmum because of overcrowding.
The transfer took place on September 27. The department said relevant authorities at all levels in both provinces transported the 98 detainees from the overcrowded prison to continue their detention at Correctional Centre No. 3, easing pressure on the original facility. មាន ថាវរិន្ទ, a first-class prison inspector general and Director of the Prison Security Department, directly implemented the transfer order under instructions from Interior Minister Sar Sokha. The operation was completed safely.
The Interior Ministry has mechanisms to transfer convicts whose court proceedings have been completed to correctional centres and prisons with available capacity to continue serving their sentences. The General Department of Prisons also works with the Justice Ministry on sentence reductions and conditional release. More recently, it has been studying ways to introduce community service in place of imprisonment for offences carrying terms of less than three years.
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television — Written by ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
