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Dillwynia Correctional Centre is a prison for women located on the grounds of the Francis Greenway Correctional Complex in Berkshire Park, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.The centre is operated by the Corrective Services division of the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice, and holds inmates sentenced under State or Australian criminal law.
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Buckingham Correctional Center is a state prison (close custody male institution) located on 968 acres (3.9 km 2) outside the town of Dillwyn in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA. This facility is a Security Level 3-4 and has assignment criteria of Single, Multiple, and Life.
The North was known as the "Democratic Republic of Vietnam". Việt Nam (Vietnamese pronunciation:) was the name adopted by Emperor Gia Long in 1804. [6] It is a variation of "Nam Việt" (南 越, Southern Việt), a name used in ancient times. [6] In 1839, Emperor Minh Mạng renamed the country Đại Nam ("Great South"). [7]
On 25 March 1973, during the return of POWs as part of the Paris Peace Accords, 210 PAVN POWs from the camp refused repatriation to North Vietnam. [4] On 3 June 1974 PAVN/VC rockets hit the prison, killing 29 and wounding 63, most of those killed were female political prisoners and their children. [5]
Côn Đảo Prison (Vietnamese: Nhà tù Côn Đảo), also Côn Sơn Prison, is a prison on Côn Sơn Island (also known as Côn Lôn), the largest island of the Côn Đảo archipelago in southern Vietnam (today it is in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province).
The term re-education, with its pedagogical overtones, does not quite convey the quasi-mystical resonance of học tập cải tạo(學習改造) in Vietnamese. Cải ("to transform", from Sino-Vietnamese 改) and tạo ("to create", from Sino-Vietnamese 造) combine to literally mean an attempt at re-creation, and making over sinful or incomplete individuals.
On 4 July 1968 the base was subjected to a heavy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rocket and mortar attack followed by probes on the base perimeter resulting in 5 U.S. and 16 PAVN killed. On 23 February 1969 the base was attacked by PAVN sappers.