Sentences with phrase «island penal colony»

Sent to the Devil's Island penal colony, Dr. Karloff runs afoul of sadistic commandant James Stephenson, who seems obsessed by the guillotine (an execution sequence is one of the film's longest scenes).

French Guiana, best known for the notorious Devil's Island penal colony, is the tarantula capital of the world.

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Speaking Sunday at a press conference detailing the report, the head of the 27 - member commission, former New York Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman, excoriated Rikers Island as a «penal colony» physically and psychologically remote from the city at large that does far more harm than good to anyone who ends up there.

The Island is a powerful symbol of a discredited approach to criminal justice — a penal colony that subjects all within its walls to inhumane conditions.»

The other source of negative sentiment was Rikers Island, the world's largest penal colony.

Here's the set - up: Eyepatched malcontent Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) has just docked inside the penal colony / war zone of Manhattan Island circa, obviously, the future, but you'll laugh when the year is identified as 1997.

«Papillon» stars Hunnam in the title role of Henri «Papillon» Charrière, who is sent to a penal colony on Devil's Island after being framed for murder.

Charlie Hunnam (The Lost City of Z) and Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) take on the roles previously played by Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, in this new screen adaptation of Henri Charrière's memoir of his imprisonment and repeated escapes from the notorious penal colony of Devil's Island.

Fun fact: the island, which was once a penal colony, is now home to a tiny 11 - room hotel run by convicts.