This complex was formerly the Chao Ponhea Yat High School. After the Khmer Rouge came to power, it was converted into a prison and interrogation center and was renamed "Security Prison 21" (S-21). From 1975 to 1979, an estimated 17,000 people were imprisoned and tortured in these buildings, less than a dozen of whom survived.
When prisoners were first brought to Tuol Sleng, they were made aware of ten rules that they were to follow during their incarceration. The Ten Security Regulations is posted today at the Tuol Sleng Museum:
1. You must answer accordingly to my question. Don’t turn them away.
2. Don’t try to hide the facts by making pretexts this and that, you are strictly prohibited to contest me.
3. Don’t be a fool for you are a chap who dare to thwart the revolution.
4. You must immediately answer my questions without wasting time to reflect.
5. Don’t tell me either about your immoralities or the essence of the revolution.
6. While getting lashes or electrification you must not cry at all.
7. Do nothing, sit still and wait for my orders. If there is no order, keep quiet. When I ask you to do something, you must do it right away without protesting.
8. Don’t make pretext about Kampuchea Krom in order to hide your secret or traitor.
9. If you don’t follow all the above rules, you shall get many lashes of electric wire.
10. If you disobey any point of my regulations you shall get either ten lashes or five shocks of electric discharge.
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