Barbed wire at Tuol Sleng Prison

Before the Khmer Rouge Tuol Sleng Prison was a high school in Phnom Phen. During the revolution the school went under heavy renovations to be converted into a torture and interrogation center. After the Rouge had ended, the damage had been done. Only seven survivors were found and taken from the prison as the rest had been executed in the killing fields. Our group had a rare opportunity to meet one of the remaining survivors and talk to him about the nightmare he endured. Although he made it through the Khmer Rouge he still carries the scars, as he has broken fingers and visible marks on his skin. Hearing about his story, he warned about awareness of the future to not repeat the past, and continues to stay in Cambodia to preach his message to those whom he meets.