Articles tagged "Prisons"
Discussions and Themes
Design of Constitution Hill
After it was decided, in 1995, to move the Constitutional Court to the site of the Old Fort, a major international competition was held in 1998 to determine ...read »Discussion of Constitution Hill
Constitution Hill is, in many ways, a model for what a multi-faceted memorial site can be. In supplanting a former political prison with the home base of a ...read »
Design of Terror Háza
The Terror Háza museum was opened on February 24, 2002, after a year-long renovation process. The reconstruction aimed to make the building stand out ...read »
Design of Comarca Balide
After independence, Timor-Leste’s Association of Ex-Political Prisoners (ASEPPOL) assumed guardianship of Comarca Balide. In April 2002, ASEPPOL agreed to ...read »
Design of Tuol Sleng
After taking control of Cambodia in 1979, the Vietnamese, seeking to legitimize their unpopular occupation, quickly capitalized upon Tuol Sleng’s propaganda ...read »
Discussion for Villa Grimaldi
How important is it for memorials to preserve the physical remains of the events they commemorate? Within this question lies another: if it is beneficial to ...read »News
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Resources
Coupland, Emma “The Comarca Balide Prison: A ‘Sacred Building.’” CAVR, October 2005.
The Cambodia Tribunal Monitor has frequently updated news and information on the ongoing trial of Duch, the former warden of S-21 prison, including video of the court proceedings.
The Documentation Center of Cambodia has a great deal of information on Tuol Sleng and on the Khmer Rouge in general. This site has photographs of many of the victims of S-21, the same photos that are on display at Tuol Sleng today.
The Virginia Quarterly Review has poetry and artwork by Robert Shultz and Binh Danh, inspired by Tuol Sleng.
Chandler, David Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.
Nath, Vann A Cambodian Prison Portrait: One Year in the Khmer Rouge's S-21. White Lotus, 1998.
