Cambodian inmates endure crowded prisons

While the government estimates that there are 15,000 prisoners, rights groups say the number is much higher.

Cambodia prison system

The Cambodian government is debating a controversial law to overhaul the country’s increasingly overcrowded prison system.
 
While the government estimates that there are 15,000 prisoners, human rights groups say the true number is much higher.
 
A look inside a prison in rural Cambodia reveals the conditions many inmates are forced to endure.
 
Steve Chao reports from Pailin.

Source: Al Jazeera