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Côn Äảo Prison
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Photo by Salles, André (1860-1929). Photographe via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Salles, André (1860-1929). Photographe via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1861
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
French IndochinaPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1861
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Lê Quang Sung1905–1935 · revolutionary
Lưu Chí Hiếu1913–1961 · political activist
Võ Thị Sáu1933–1952 · revolutionaryVõ Thá» Sáu (1933 â 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 Vietnamâs independence.
- LÆ°Æ¡ng Thế Trân1911–1942 · revolutionary
- Nguyá» n VÄn Nam1914–2007 · military officer
- Châu VÄn Mẫn1950 · politician
- Võ Thá» Thắng1945–2014 · partisan
Võ Thá» Thắng (Vietnamese: [vÉ˨˩˦ tʰɪj˨˩˨ tÊ°aÅ]; 10 December 1945 â 22 August 2014) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and stateswoman.
- Nguyá» n Thá» Nhá»1909–1946 · political activist
- Huỳnh Thá» Kiá»u Thu1951–2012 · partisan
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q2879088)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Côn Äảo Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/con-ao-prison
Chicago
"Côn Äảo Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/con-ao-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-con-ao-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Côn Äảo Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/con-ao-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}