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Coiba Prison | interesting place

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Site of the former penal colony on Isla Coiba from 1919-2004. Note the dilapidated prison blocks near the shore. At its peak, The Coiba Island Prison housed 3000 inmates in about 30 camps spread around Isla Coiba and neighboring islands.

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From Wikipedia:
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During the years that Panama was under the Dictatorships of Omar Torrijos and Manuel Noriega, the prison on Coiba was a feared place with a reputation for brutal conditions, extreme tortures, executions and political murder. Nobody knows exactly how many people were killed in the prison during this period, but sources claim that the number could be close to three hundred. As such, the island was avoided by locals, and other than the prison, was completely undeveloped.
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Coordinates:   7°30'8"N   81°41'45"W
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