Oasis Villa Introduction
Green Island Human Rights Culture Park covers an area of approximately 32 hectares, encompassing significant sites such as Commander Rock, the Human Rights Memorial Park, Oasis Villa, the Zhuangjing Camp (New Life Guidance Institute), Green Island Vocational Training Institute, and Swallow Cave, all of which hold historical significance in the development of human rights. Oasis Villa is officially named the "Ministry of National Defense Green Island Detention Prison," originating from the "Taiyuan Incident" that occurred on February 8, 1970. At that time, the Nationalist government built a high-walled prison on the west side of the "New Life Guidance Institute" on Green Island, which is now known as Oasis Villa. Subsequently, political prisoners from Taiyuan Prison and various military prisons were transferred here for unified management, undergoing reformatory education and ideological transformation, becoming a concentration camp for victims of human rights abuses and political events. In 1987, following the lifting of martial law by the Nationalist government, Oasis Villa was abandoned. Surrounded by towering walls, Oasis Villa is a typical closed prison, with walls adorned with various patriotic slogans such as "Steadfastly Anti-Communist," "Endless Suffering," "Do Not Forget in Ju," "Turning Back is the Shore," and "Eradicate Communism and Restore the Nation." The main building of the prison consists of cells on the first and second floors, with a hexagonal internal structure, but the residents of Green Island commonly refer to it as the Bagua Building, as it resembles a Bagua diagram when viewed from the ancient trail overlooking Oasis Villa.
