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Côn Đảo Prison

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    Photo by TDA at Vietnamese Wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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    Photo by TDA at Vietnamese Wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Cochinchine. Cochinchine. Poulo-Condor (bagne). N°9 Trinh-van-De, tonkinois de Hanoï, 33ans (43m-m), 5 ans de prison pour voies de fait envers un supérieur. N°10 Phan-van-Chan, Cochinchinois de Can tho... - btv1b53013215z (1 of 2).jpg

    Photo by Salles, André (1860-1929). Photographe via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Cochinchine. Cochinchine. Poulo-Condor (bagne). N°9 Trinh-van-De, tonkinois de Hanoï, 33ans (43m-m), 5 ans de prison pour voies de fait envers un supérieur. N°10 Phan-van-Chan, Cochinchinois de Can tho... - btv1b53013215z (2 of 2).jpg

    Photo by Salles, André (1860-1929). Photographe via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1861

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

French Indochina

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1861

Region

Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • Nguyễn Thị Nhỏ
    1909–1946 · political activist
  • Nguyen An Ninh
    Nguyen An Ninh
    1900–1943 · writer

    Nguyễn An Ninh (6 September 1900 – 14 August 1943) was a Vietnamese revolutionary, political journalist and publicist in French colonial Cochinchina (Southern Vietnam).

  • Võ Thị Sáu
    Võ Thị Sáu
    1933–1952 · revolutionary

    Võ Thị Sáu (1933 – 23 January 1952) was a teenager who fought as a guerrilla during the First Indochina War participating in the resistance movement against the French colonists for Vietnam’s independence.

  • Huỳnh Thị Kiều Thu
    1951–2012 · partisan
  • Võ Thị Thắng
    1945–2014 · partisan

    Võ Thị Thắng (Vietnamese: [vɔ˨˩˦ tʰɪj˨˩˨ tʰaŋ]; 10 December 1945 – 22 August 2014) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and stateswoman.

  • Lê Quang Sung
    1905–1935 · revolutionary
  • Nguyễn Văn Nam
    1914–2007 · military officer
  • Tran Tu Binh
    Tran Tu Binh
    1907–1967 · diplomat

    Trần Tử Bình (1907–1967) was a Vietnamese revolutionary who later became one of the first generals of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1948) and Vietnam's Ambassador to People's Republic of China (1959–1967). Trần Tử Bình was originally named Phạm Văn Phu.

  • Châu Văn Mẫn
    1950 · politician

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