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Côn Đảo Prison

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Director Frank Walton. When the delegation arrived at the prison, they departed from the planned tour, guided by a map drawn by a former detainee. The map led to the door of a building, which was opened from the inside by a guard when he heard the people outside the door talking. Inside they found
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prisoners were being shackled within cramped "tiger cages". Prisoners began crying out for water when the delegation walked in. They had sores and bruises, and some were mutilated. Harkin took photos of the scene. The photos were published in
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In 1861, the French colonial government established a prison on the island to house prisoners who had committed especially severe crimes. After the turn of the century, the prison held an increasingly larger population of
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were detained here. It is ranked a special historical relic of national importance by the government of Vietnam. The most famous site in this prison are the "tiger cages" (
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Besides, 60 cells have no ceiling, and are called "sunbathe" cells which are used to torture prisoners by making them "sunbathe" themselves.
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who died in the prison on 14 August 1943, possibly killed by his jailers for fear that he might be used politically by the Japanese.
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Basic characteristic: The top of each cells installed an iron grid and has a border between two regions which is a road for wardens.
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was executed at the prison in 1952 (though she was imprisoned at the police post outside of the prison). Not far from the prison is
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to jail those considered especially dangerous to the colonial government. Many of the high-ranking leaders of
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government, who continued to use it for the same purpose. Notable prisoners held at Côn Sơn included
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and people who fought against France and America during the war era.
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https://www.vietnammonpaysnatal.fr/nguyen-ninh-version-anglaise/
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Trang tin tức Côn Đảo - Du lịch Côn Đảo - Lịch sử Côn Đảo
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is the name of the prison constructed by the French. The
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room (Divided into 2 regions, each regions has 60 cells)
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Buildings and structures in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu province
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Côn Đảo Prison is located in Vietnam
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Vietnamese
Côn Sơn Island
Côn Đảo
Vietnam
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province
French colonists
Vietnam
the end of the Vietnam War
political prisoners
South Vietnamese
Huỳnh Thúc Kháng
Phan Châu Trinh
Tôn Đức Thắng
Phạm Văn Đồng
Lê Đức Thọ
Nguyễn An Ninh
Võ Thị Sáu
Hàng Dương Cemetery
Vietnam War
U.S. Congressional
Augustus Hawkins
William Anderson
Tom Harkin
Don Luce
USAID
Office of Public Safety
Life

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