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Côn Đảo Prison

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    Photo by Phương Huy (thảo luận) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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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)

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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)

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1861

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

French Indochina

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1861

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

20%

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