Dungeon in Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi

The Hoa Lo prison was built in 1896 by the French colonialists, and was named one of the most brutal, most cruel prisons in Indochina at the time, with the brutal methods and tortures of colonialism. France has turned the prison into a place where Vietnamese political prisoners called hell on earth.
Let's Viet Unique Tours explores the Dungeon, one of the most horrible places in the Hoa Lo Prison, where Vietnamese political prisoners called hell of hell.

dungeon in Hoa Lo prison

The dungeon is where captives of Vietnamese patriotic soldiers broke the rules and regulations of the prison that French colonial officials have issued, where the prisoner is shackled both legs in an extremely narrow space, lack of light, lack of air, only about 3 m2, where inmates eat, sleep and go to the toilet in the same spot

hoa-lo-prison-block-prisoner

Even the floor has a very steep slope. The prisoners can not sit and only lie down, most of the prisoners stayed here only about 10 to 15 days have become skin and body, many prisoners blurred vision can not see. Out of lack of light and air, many people with heart disease, scabies full of themselve, But political prisoners in Viet Nam still keeping optimistic, wishing to return to revolution to serve the country.

Hoa Lo prison - Dungeon

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