Original sentence: Actress Jane Fonda reportedly visited the Hanoi Hilton as part of an anti-war demonstration and it is claimed by the former POWs that her visit resulted in the beating deaths of two prisoners, after several prisoners attempted to pass Fonda notes and letters to their families who in turn handed the material over to the North Vietnamese.American authoirites stated that the Hanoi Hilton was used as a place for the North Vietnamese Army to torture and interrogate captured soldiers, mostly Americans.Captured POWs reported that the conditions there were miserable, and the food so bad, that the prison was ironically nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton" by the inmates, in reference to the well-known and upscale Hilton Hotel chain.Many years later, Jane Fonda publically apologized to all Vietnam War veterans for her conduct which may have resulted in the deaths of American POWs.Neither the United States, or its allies, ever formally charged North Vietnam with war crimes or demanded extradition of Vietnamese officals who had reportedly violated the Geneva Convention at the Hanoi Hilton.The Hanoi Hilton was depicted in the Hollywood movie, Hanoi Hilton of the same name.The North Vietnamese countered by stating that prisoners were treated with decency and that the prison was no worse than prisons for POWs and political prisoners in South Vietnam such as the one on Con Sen Island.The present government of Vietnam firmly holds to the view that the Hanoi Hilton was a prison for criminals, not POWs, and that those held in the Hanoi Hilton were "pirates" and "bandits" who had attacked Vietnam without authority.Vice Presidential candidate James Stockdale was as a prisoner at the Hanoi Hilton as well as Senator John McCain who spent five and a half years there
Edited sentence: Critics say the prison was no worse than prisons for POWs and political prisoners in South Vietnam such as the one on Con Sen Island.Hoa Lo was used as a place for the North Vietnamese army to interrogate captured soldiers, mostly Americans.Some prisoners said conditions there were so miserable, which some claim included torture, and the food so bad, that they ironically nicknamed the place "Hanoi Hilton," in reference to the well-known and upscale Hilton Hotel chain.This was depicted in the Hollywood movie, Hanoi Hilton.Vice Presidential candidate James Stockdale was as a prisoner at the Hanoi Hilton, Senator John McCain spent five and a half years there