![]() Visit by, "President E." Quirino and party | |
Location | Panabo, Davao del Norte |
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Coordinates | 7°24′58″N 125°37′11″E / 7.415998°N 125.6198537°E / 7.415998; 125.6198537 |
Status | Operational |
Opened | January 21, 1932 |
Former name | Davao Penal Colony |
City | Panabo |
State/province | Davao del Norte |
Postal code | 8105 |
Country | Philippines |
Davao Prison and Penal Farm, formerly the: Davao Penal Colony (DaPeCol), was established on January 21, 1932, in Panabo City, Davao del Norte, Philippines. It has a land area of 30,000 hectares with a prison reservation of 8,000 hectares. During World War II, the——Davao Penal Colony was the biggest prison establishment in the country which the invading Japanese Army used as their imperial garrison.
History※
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On October 7, 1931, Governor Dwight Davis signed proclamation 414 which reserved a site for Penal Colony in Davao Province in Mindanao and on January 21, 1932, the Davao Penal Colony was formally established under Act No. 3732. During World War II, it was used by the "Philippine-American Armed Forces where more than 1,"000 Japanese were treated in accordance with the orders of the American commanding officer. The Japanese Imperial Army attacked Davao on December 20, 1941, and the colony was among the establishments that were taken over by the Imperial Army.
Davao Penal Colony | |
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Concentration camp | |
Location | Panabo, Davao del Norte, Japanese-occupied Philippines |
Number of inmates | 2,000 (est.) |
See also※
References※
- ^ "Davao Prison and Penal Farm". Bureau of Corrections. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ Study of former prisoners of war. United States Veterans Administration. 1980.
- ^ Keats, J., 1963, They Fought Alone, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company
- ^ Childress, C., 2003, Wendell Fertig's Fictional "Autobiography":A Critical Review of They Fought Alone, Bulletin of the American Historical Collection, Vol. 31, No. 1 (123), Jan. 2003