Devil’s Island

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former penal colony island

Devil’s Island is a notorious former French penal colony off the coast of French Guiana, infamous for its harsh conditions and for imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus during the Dreyfus affair.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Devil's Island	5
Devil's Island penal colony	1
Devil’s Island canonical	1
Sainte-Marguerite Island prison	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former penal colony ⓘ island ⓘ
administrativeTerritory	French Guiana ⓘ surface form: overseas department of French Guiana
alsoKnownAs	Île du Diable ⓘ
associatedWith	French Third Republic ⓘ French military justice system ⓘ French penal colonies in Guiana ⓘ antisemitism in late 19th-century France ⓘ wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
currentUse	historical site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
distanceFromCoast	about 14 kilometers from Kourou ⓘ
endTime	1953 ⓘ
formerFunction	labor camp ⓘ place of deportation ⓘ
governingBody	French Ministry of Overseas France ⓘ surface form: French Ministry of Colonies
hasClimate	tropical ⓘ
hasFeature	dense vegetation ⓘ rocky coastline ⓘ shark-infested waters ⓘ
heritageStatus	site of historical memory of the Dreyfus affair ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
inPopularCulture	symbol of brutal penal colonies ⓘ
inspiredWork	Papillon ⓘ
jurisdiction	French Guiana ⓘ
knownFor	harsh prison conditions ⓘ high mortality rate ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ tropical diseases ⓘ
languageUsedHistorically	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ French Guiana ⓘ
notableEvent	Dreyfus affair ⓘ
notablePrisoner	Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ
operatedBy	Government of France ⓘ surface form: French government
partOf	French colonial penal system ⓘ Îles du Salut ⓘ
region	northeastern South America ⓘ
securityFeature	isolation by sea ⓘ
startTime	1852 ⓘ
status	uninhabited by permanent civilian population ⓘ
usedAs	penal colony ⓘ
usedFor	exile of prisoners ⓘ imprisonment of political dissidents ⓘ