Con Dao prison - the hell which makes the world dazzle

Con Dao prison - the hell which makes the world dazzle

For more than 100 years, about 20,000 generations of Vietnamese have been imprisoned, sacrificed in the "infernal world" of Con Dao, where the whole world was shocked when the truth was revealed.

On February 1, 1862, Governor Bonard of Cochinchina signed the decision to establish Con Dao prison - "hell in the world" (now Ba Ria - Vung Tau province). This is a prison system with many solitary confinement areas, tiger cages. Camp 1 (later converted to Camp 1, Camp 2, Camp Phu Hai) is larger than 12,000 m2 including 10 large (large cell), 20 solitary cellars, 1 special examination, rice and stone dam.

Together with Phu Quoc prison, this is one of the places where communist soldiers were detained. In each cell, at peak there are hundreds of people shackled, shackled. The guards used various forms of torture from the body to the spirit of the soldiers.

Many patriots like Huynh Thuc Khang, Phan Chu Trinh ... to the famous revolutionaries such as Ton Duc Thang, Le Duan, Le Duc Tho, Pham Hung ... were detained here.

The moss-covered cave with 20 stone tunnels makes people who visit have a sense of humor.

There are also special detention centers for female revolutionary prisoners. They were chained and tortured to death.

Phu Hai prison also has many areas such as lecture hall, infirmary, church, kitchen, cafeteria. However, they were all set up to deal with international human rights watchdogs and mislead the public.

Phu Tuong Prison, famous for "tiger cage", was built in 1940, with an area of ​​over 5,000 m2 including 120 cellars with iron bars above, 60 rooms "sunbathing" without roof.

It is divided into two zones each with 60 cells, 30 solariums and a clinic. This solitary confinement was completely hidden and in 1970, when discovered and exposed, shocked and shocked the international public.

The solarium is the place where the captives are housed between four stone walls, covered with barbed wire. Not only are they tortured, they are stripped naked, exposed to frost to death.

Prisoners are subjected to all sorts of torture from day to day.

A clinic was erected but also for the sole purpose of dealing with human rights watchdogs. This is the way that the colonialists used, coping during decades of rule.

The sheltered cell was built with a small area, 1.45 m wide, 2.5 m long (about 3.6 m2). All the prisoners were chained, eaten, housed, housed in the cell.

Apart from being tortured, prisoners are starved. Most of the prisoners were taken to the tiger cages, and death was considered close.

With 120 cells of this kind, thousands of revolutionary prisoners have been detained since 1940. Peak, each room has up to a dozen people. Many Con Dao tourists are frightened to witness these images.

Above the cells is a thick duplex system with a walkway for the guards to make it easy to see and control any static.

Those who intend to act or protest, they will use sticks and torture from above. On the ceiling of each cell also to the bucket of water and lime powder. When the prisoner thirsty prisoners will pour water down and sprinkle lime blind is the penalty for those who show signs of opposition.

Having spent more than 40 years from exposure to the light, this place still makes people associate them with medieval jail. In 2013, the Con Dao was listed as a National Monument. Every year, there are many people traveling to Con Dao to explore these scary facts.