Cambodia: Tuol Sleng (S 21) Prison: A group of young Khmer Rouge prison guards, c.1977.

Tuol Sleng (S 21) Prison: A group of young Khmer Rouge prison guards, c.1977. Although permanently in danger of arrest themselves, these guards were privileged by DK standards - note the good quality uniforms, wrist watches and pens in top pockets, the latter indicative of senior rank. S-21, or Tuol Sleng, is a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge communist regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. Tuol Sleng means "Hill of the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill".

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