Côn Đảo Prison

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Côn Đảo Prison is a notorious former French colonial and later South Vietnamese prison complex on Côn Đảo Island in Vietnam, infamous for its brutal treatment of political prisoners.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical site
prison complex
alsoKnownAs Côn Sơn Prison
Poulo Condore Prison
constructedBy French colonial authorities
country Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
currentUse memorial site
museum
governedBy Vietnamese government
hasFacility solitary confinement cells
tiger cage cells
torture chambers
work camps
hasLanguageOfSignage English
Vietnamese
heritageStatus special national relic of Vietnam
locatedIn Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province
Côn Sơn Island
Côn Đảo Archipelago
linked to: Côn Đảo

Côn Đảo Island
linked to: Côn Đảo

South China Sea
Southeast Vietnam
notableFor brutal treatment of prisoners
harsh living conditions
torture
“tiger cages”
operatedDuring First Indochina War
French colonial period
Vietnam War
operatedUntil 1975
partOf Côn Đảo historical complex
primaryFunction detention of anti-colonial activists
detention of communist prisoners
detention of political prisoners
symbolizes colonial repression
political persecution in Vietnam
tourismType dark tourism destination
usedBy French colonial administration
Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnamese government
State of Vietnam
United States–backed South Vietnamese regime
victimType independence fighters
political prisoners
revolutionary activists
suspected communists

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Lê Hồng Phong placeOfDeath Côn Đảo Prison
Lê Hồng Phong imprisonedAt Côn Đảo Prison
Côn Lôn Islands hasHistoricalSite Côn Đảo Prison
Võ Thị Sáu placeOfDeath Côn Đảo Prison, Côn Đảo Islands, Vietnam
linked to: Côn Đảo Prison