At the center of the Phu Hai prison broad space is a small Christian chapel built later in 1963, a bit of irony really considering the atrocities committed here. Comprising the bounds of the courtyard are the sloping terra-cotta-tiled roofs and shaded walkways of cell blocks. Where elsewhere in Vietnam the faded yellow plaster, heavy timbers, and umber tile-work of French colonial architecture looks quaint and inviting, here it takes on a rather sinister aspect - Con Dao islands, southeastern Vietnam