Cambodia tries to recover from life under Pol Pot
In Phnom Penh survivors recount life under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge as they struggle to rebuild. Chea Leng, a widow with seven children, recalls starvation, deaths, and exile when the regime fell and Việt Nam-backed forces entered. The scene shifts to the royal palace as Vietnamese troops guard a silent seat of power and memories of a lost era linger amid monsoon fears.
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Cambodia
Pol Pot
Chea Leng
Chroy Dang
Phoom Penh
Phnom Penh
Khmer Rouge
Chen Leng
Fol Pot
Norodom Sihanouk
Hearing set on prison disturbance at Brockbridge facility
State officials will investigate a fight at the Brockbridge Minimum security prison in Jessup Maryland that injured three guards and led to the transfer of four inmates. The disturbance began in the visiting area as inmate Bruce Wise reportedly blew up after learning of an adjustment hearing for being late from a work release detail. Wise attacked a guard and was joined by inmates John Ingram James Keating and William Teace, with all four inmates later moved to Maryland House of Correction. No injuries among inmates were reported. guards returned to duty after hospital treatment and no action against them was planned. An internal departmental probe will determine appropriate action for those involved.
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Jessup
Corrections Department
Brockbridge
University Hospital
Gwen Logan
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Service
Ms Logan
Bruce Wise
Wise
John Ingram
James Keating
William Teace
Logan
Maryland House of Correction
Brockridge
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