Dak Mil Prison

Dak Mil Prison

Located along Highway 14, about 60 km from the center of Gia Nghia town, Dak Mil prison, located in Dak Mil district, is a majestic historical relic still bearing the mark of time. Dak Mil Prison, recognized as a National Historical Site on March 17, 2005. In 1940, the Revolutionary movement broke out all over the country, due to the increasing number of political prisoners at Buon Ma Thuot Prison and to serve the construction of the road through the M'Nong plateau next to Buon prison. Ma Thuot French colonialists also built Dak Mil Prison, (now in Dak Mil district, Dak Nong) in the middle of an old forest, where the sacred forest and poisonous water were used to imprison political prisoners. Dak Mil Prison, became a revolutionary base in the district and witnessed many escapes by Vietnamese Communist soldiers. From 1940 to 1943, this place detained hundreds of communist soldiers, at one time up to 120 people. Revolutionary soldiers exiled to Dak Mil Prison, from 1941 to 1943: Chu Hue, Ho Tung Mau, Nguyen Tao, Tran Huu Doanh, Truong Van Linh, Nguyen Khai, Tran Tong, Le Nam Thang... At the end of 1943, the French transferred all the prisoners here to Buon Ma Thuot prison and destroyed Dak Mil prison. Dak Mil Prison, in ancient times, was built on a piece of land in the middle of the gloomy mountains and forests of Dak Mil district. Outside the 9-room wooden prison with a thatched roof is a wooden fence secured with barbed wire. Inside the Prison, the walkway is located between two rows of wooden floors with enough foot shackles and hand shackles, each shackle has 4 bamboo pipes hanging: 2 upper pipes for drinking water, 2 lower pipes for urine and feces. Over a long period of time, Dak Mil Prison was dilapidated and became ruins. Currently, on December 31, 2010, after more than two years of restoration, Dak Nong province completed the restoration and construction of the Dak Mil Prison National Historical Site, in village 9A, Dak Lao commune. (Dak Mil). The project is invested by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism with a total cost of over 9 billion VND. The entire relic is located in the middle of a crowded residential area with an area of ​​nearly 1 hectare, with two main items: the prison and the exhibition house of artifacts. The prison has been recreated with an area similar to the prison previously built by the French colonialists, and the old foundations still remain. Source: Dak Mil District Electronic Information Page,.

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