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The worst prison in the wartime







  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

The first impression of the camp is its fence system.


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This system consists of dense layers of barbed wire.


  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

Between each layer is a corridor for guards and sniffer dogs to patrol 24/7.


  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

The barbed wire here is razor wire, which is more dangerous than conventional barbed wire.


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  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

Around the area are guard towers.


  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

There are several layers of gates in the prison.


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Each detention room is 5 meters wide, 20 meters long.


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Prisoners lie on the wood planks along the cell.


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In addition to the regular detention rooms, there are tiger cages for punishing prisoners. These cages are made of barbed wire, and have just enough space for prisoners to lie or sit.


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Warders invented brutal forms of punishment in tiger cages like pouring cold water on prisoners at night, pouring salt water into or lighting fire near tiger cages during hot days. Many people died in the tiger cages.


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There are also discipline rooms, made of iron plates like a sealed container.


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Locked up in here, prisoners suffered from hunger, lack of light and air, scorching heat during the day, cold air at night. When they left the room, their eyesight was blurry and they suffered from severe depression.


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The most terrible act in Phu Quoc Prison was the barbaric torture. They used 45 torturing methods, including chiseling teeth, striking with ray-skin whips, pressing with planks,…


  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

Radiating high pressure lamp into eyes to blast the pupil, using power to torture, putting prisoners in sacks and dropping the sack into boiling water, chiseling the knee…


  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

Nailing prisoner body, clamping prisoner under a plank and using hammer to beat the plank, and burning prisoners with fire were some of the methods.


  • Su ghe ron tu nha tu khung khiep nhat chien tranh VN

Burning the lower part of the abdomen, hanging prisoners on the ceiling to beat them, choking the prisoner with soapy water were other methods.


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    Observers of the International Red Cross visited the Phu Quoc Prison in 1969 and 1972 and condemned the systematic brutality in the prison. But the U.S. forces and the Southern government said that the Red Cross made false statements about the situation in the prison.




The worst prison in the wartime 


Prisoners fought many different ways to oppose the brutal treatment at the prison.


 The worst prison in the wartime


Many prisoners died.


 The worst prison in the wartime


 The worst prison in the wartime


 The worst prison in the wartime


 The worst prison in the wartime


The worst prison in the wartime


The worst prison in the wartime


To escape the “hell on earth”, prisoners in Phu Quoc dug tunnels. There were at least four successful exits. There were also dozens of other escape routes. There were two escape routes from the kitchen.





The worst prison in the wartime

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