Inside Buon Ma Thuot prison

Buon Ma Thuot Prison is located at 18 Tan Thuat Street (Tu An Ward, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province). The building is solidly built, painted yellow, stands out in the residential area, and is the place where many patriotic scholars were imprisoned and tortured.

Scenery of Buon Ma Thuot prison (Buon Ma Thuot city)

In 1930, Buon Ma Thuot prison was built on a square plot of land 2 hectares wide, 200 meters long, with high, thick walls and a barbed wire system surrounding it. The prison was divided into 6 cells, each cell had the function of detaining different types of prisoners, heavy and light.

The cell area in the Buon Ma Thuot prison grounds

In the prison grounds, the cell area is where “special” prisoners are held, considered the most dangerous place. The cell block has 21 rooms, each room is 2.5m long and 1m wide. Each prisoner will be held in a separate room with a bed, at the end of the bed there are two bamboo tubes, leg shackles, and guards monitor through a small window on the door.

Images of revolutionary soldiers being tortured and beaten in prison

This place used to detain revolutionary soldiers such as Nguyen Chi Thanh, Doan Khue, Vo Chi Cong, To Huu... Through the statues, visitors can feel the endurance and hardship of the soldiers during their days of exile.

Design and diagram of Buon Ma Thuot prison

Despite being tortured and forced to work for many years, the revolutionaries turned the prison into a school and came up with many ways to spread revolutionary ideas. Many documents and books are being kept at the exhibition house of Buon Ma Thuot prison.

In the belongings, soldiers hid documents and secret letters about revolutionary activities at Buon Ma Thuot prison.

Records of patriotic revolutionary soldiers during their time in prison

Images of revolutionary soldiers who were exiled and forced to work abroad returning to Buon Ma Thuot prison

The architecture of Buon Ma Thuot prison is still quite intact, the campus is planted with many trees creating an airy space for visitors to visit.

On July 10, 1980, the prison was recognized as a national relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information. In December 2018, the Prime Minister approved the ranking of Buon Ma Thuot prison as a special national relic. Currently, Buon Ma Thuot prison is put into operation as a "red address" to serve the sightseeing and learning needs of local people and tourists.

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