English speakers have come to use the island`s name to refer to the entire former prison system of French Guiana; however, French speakers refer to it as the Bagne de Cayenne (Cayennes penal colony). ==Early penal system== Prisoners convicted of felonies in the 17th and 18th centuries were sentenced to serve as oarsmen in the French Mediterranean....
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Smallest of the Iles du Salut (Salvation isles), off the northeast coast of French Guiana, 43 km/27 mi northwest of Cayenne. The group of islands was collectively and popularly known by the name Devil's Island and formed a penal colony notorious for its terrible conditions. Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned here 1895–99. The convict settle...
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one of the Safety Islands, off the coast of French Guiana: former French penal colony. French,
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