Prison island

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Aerial view of Alcatraz, probably the most famous island prison.
Plan of Spike Island, Ireland.
The deposed emperor Napoleon on Saint Helena; he spent the last 6 years of his life as a prisoner there.

A prison island is an island housing a prison. Islands have often been used as sites of prisons throughout history due to their natural isolation preventing escape.[1][2]

Prison islands by country

Oceania

Bahrain

Bulgaria

Canada

Channel Islands

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Eritrea

Fiji

France

Greece

Hong Kong

  • Hei Ling Chau
    • Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Centre, 1975–present
    • Hei Ling Chau Correctional Institution, 1994–present
    • Lai Sun Correctional Institution, 1984–present
    • Nei Kwu Correctional Institution, 2002–present
  • Tai A Chau
    • Tai A Chau Detention Centre, 1991–96

India

Indonesia

  • Buru, prison in 1960s–1970s
  • Nusa Kambangan, notorious prison island off the southern coast of Java, containing a number of prisons

Isle of Man

Italy

Japan

Madagascar

Malaysia

  • Jerejak Island, location of the Jerejak Rehabilitation Centre from 1969 to 1993; called the 'Alcatraz of Malaysia'

Maldives

Mexico

Montenegro

Namibia

New Zealand

Norway

Panama

  • Coiba, prison from 1919 to 2004

Peru

Portugal

Russia

Saint Helena

Seychelles

Singapore

South Africa

  • Robben Island, location of Robben Island Prison from 1961 to 1996. The Island was used to incarcerate political prisoners as early as the 17th Century, and later during the Xhosa Wars

South Korea

Syria

  • Arwad, prison under French colonial rule

Taiwan

Tanzania

  • Changuu, known as 'Prison Island'; held rebellious slaves in 1860s

Timor Leste

  • Atauro, used as prison by Portugal and Indonesia

Trinidad and Tobago

Tonga

Thailand

  • Ko Tao Between 1943 and 1944, Koh Tao was used as a political prison.

Turkey

United Kingdom/Republic of Ireland

United States

Vietnam

Prison islands in fiction

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2017-11-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Ten Infamous Islands of Exile | History | Smithsonian Magazine".
  3. ^ "Last island prison in U.S. Closes".
  4. ^ Ankara, Chris Morris in (1999-02-20). "Turkey makes sure its prison island is deserted for a new Kurdish inmate". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-09.