The Artists of Tuol Sleng Prison

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from ) Jump to: , : The exterior of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh The Tuol Sleng Museum is a museum in , the capital of . The site is a former which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. Tuol Sleng in ; [tuÉ™l slaeÅ‹] means Hill of the Poisonous Trees or Hill. Contents History Many of the school rooms were divided into crude cells Razor wire around the perimeter Formerly the Tuol Svay Prey High School, named after a Royal ancestor of King , the five buildings of the complex were converted in August 1975, four months after the Khmer Rouge won the civil war, into a prison and interrogation centre. The Khmer Rouge renamed the complex Security Prison 21 (S-21) and construction began to adapt the prison to the inmates: the buildings were enclosed in electrified barbed wire, the classrooms converted into tiny prison and torture chambers, and all windows were covered with iron bars and barbed wire to prevent escapes. From 1975 to 1979, an estimated 17, 000 people were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng (some estimates suggest a number as high as 20, 000, though the real number is unknown). The prisoners were selected from all around the country, and usually were former Khmer Rouge members and soldiers, accused of...