In 1861, the French colonial government established a prison on the island of Côn Sơn to house political prisoners. In 1954, it was turned over to the South Vietnamese government, who continued to use it for the same purpose. During the Vietnam War, prisoners who had been held at the prison in the 1960s said they were abused and tortured.
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Photos and Videos of the Prison Regime in South Vietnam
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Fotos und Videos des Gefängnisregimes in Südvietnam
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Photos et Vidéos du Régime Pénitentiaire au Vietnam du Sud
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In 1970, two U.S. Congressional representatives, Augustus Hawkins and William Anderson, visited the Côn Đảo Prison. They were accompanied by Tom Harkin (then an aide), translator Don Luce, and USAID Office of Public Safety 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 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 Life magazine on July 17, 1970. Recreations of tiger cages can be seen today at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City
照片和视频的监狱制度在南越
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Hình ảnh và video của chế độ nhà tù ở miền Nam Việt Nam
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남 베트남의 감옥 정권 사진과 비디오
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фото и видео тюремного режима в Южном Вьетнаме
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照片和視頻的監獄制度在南越
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Fotos y Videos del Régimen Carcelario en Vietnam del Sur
南ベトナムの刑務所体制の写真とビデオ
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