Location: Davao Prison and Penal Farm, Sitio Dapecol, Brgy. Tanglaw, Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Structure
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1956
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
DAVAO PENAL COLONY
ESTABLISHED 21 JANUARY 1932 UNDER ACT 3732 OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE ON A SITE RESERVED BY PROCLAMATION NO. 414 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR-GENERAL DWIGHT F. DAVIS ON 7 OCTOBER 1931; FIRST PENAL COLONY FOUNDED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF A FILIPINO DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, LT. COL. PAULINO SANTOS. FIRST SUPERINTENDENT, PABLO I. NORONA, LATER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PRISONS. THE OFFICIAL AND PRISONERS OF THE COLONY WERE TRANSFERRED BY THE JAPANESE FORCES TO IWAHIG PENAL COLONY, 8 NOVEMBER 1942; SERVED AS EVACUATION CENTER FOR RESIDENTS OF DAVAO CITY DURING THE EARLY PART OF WORLD WAR II; USED AS CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR; COLONY WAS REOPENED 2 AUGUST 1946.
