Phan Thiet Penitentiary was a group of rectangular buildings within a high brick wall and guard towers at the corners. The main entrance was through heavy steel-reinforced doors. Inside the compound, several smaller buildings housed the main prisoner population. There were two separate courtyards, one for assembly and visitation, the other for bathing and washing. Male inmates outnumbered female, by four to one. Women were kept to a single building at the far end of the complex.
