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PM calls for prisons to separate drug users, other convicts


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Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive calling for prison officials to take a tougher stance on drug crime by separating drug users from other prisoners and cracking down on crime channels between inmates and their networks at large.

The letter, signed on February 1, came to light yesterday after general department of prisons spokesman Nut Savanea confirmed his officials were working with the National Authority for Combatting Drugs (NACD).

The directive came just five months after a report the prison population had swollen by 20 per cent, which Savanea had said was partly due to increased drug arrests for minor offences.

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-prisons-separate-drug-users-other-convicts

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