Phnom Penh: On July 29, 2026, the team of the General Department of Identification, Ministry of Interior, issued Cambodian nationality identity cards to officials, their families and detainees at Correctional Center 1.
This was done under the guidance of General 1st Class Chhon Sanat, Director General of the General Department of Prisons and Lieutenant General Top Neth, Director General of the General Department of Identification, Ministry of Interior, General Guard.1 Nut Savana, Deputy Director General and Head of the First Correctional Center, welcomed and provided cooperation with Major General Sak Keo Thararath, Director of the Department and the working group of the General Department of Identification to issue new identity cards to officers and families as well as detainees at the First Correctional Center who have never had, lost, or expired Cambodian identity cards.
In one day, the technical team took photos and entered information into the ID database of 240 people out of more than 1,000 detainees.
Please note that in the past, the team also came to check and verify the fingerprints of detainees with specific data, facilitating the procedure for issuing Cambodian identity cards.
The purpose of issuing ID cards to detainees is to expand the possibility for detainees to have clear legal identification documents that can be used to facilitate their lives, careers or professions, leading to a reduction in re-offending.
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