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from 1852 to 1953, devil's island was home to
France's most treacherous political prisoners
and hardened criminals. under new rule
of napoleon, it wasn't long before france
found herself with more prisoners of war
than officers to keep the new definition
of peace. After years of struggling with
prison populations, it was decided that
more serious convicts would be sent
elsewhere to serve their time - to a
series of islands off the coast of french
guiana, a french colony in south america.
here, detainees were largely left to their
own devices to live out their sentence.
with escape impossible, resources limited,
and disease rampant, they had to rely on
their wits as well as the few guards who
switched shifts on a monthly basis to smuggle
in goods.
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from 1852 to 1953, devil's island was home to
France's most treacherous political prisoners
and hardened criminals. under new rule
of napoleon, it wasn't long before france
found herself with more prisoners of war
than officers to keep the new definition
of peace. After years of struggling with
prison populations, it was decided that
more serious convicts would be sent
elsewhere to serve their time - to a
series of islands off the coast of french
guiana, a french colony in south america.
here, detainees were largely left to their
own devices to live out their sentence.
with escape impossible, resources limited,
and disease rampant, they had to rely on
their wits as well as the few guards who
switched shifts on a monthly basis to smuggle
in goods.
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