| 单词 | penal colony |
| 例句 | He was one generation removed from a slave ship, living in a country best described as an African penal colony, and he was a free man, with every benefit of education. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z You’ve fallen into a warp, a luminous gap in the penal colony death march so many of the rest of us are in. Class decides everything 2012-06-24T16:00:00Z Unlike the monstrously abusive penal colony so powerfully portrayed in Varlam Shalamov’s “Kolyma Tales,” and despite the unforgiving climate, their settlement shows signs of growing into the equivalent of a functioning collective farm. Exiled to Siberia: A First Novel Revisits Stalin’s Great Purge 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The setting is a penal colony in Australia in the late 18th century. London Theater Journal: Discipline, Punish and Put on a Play 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z There have been other high-profile penal colony inmates in Putin's Russia. Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony 2012-10-14T10:33:10Z When the last Australian penal colonies were closed in the late 1860s, a Victorian tourist industry began to revel in the Gothic aspects of Australia’s history. Sydney?s Convict Past 2010-12-31T19:55:08Z Transferred among remote penal colonies in Russia, Ms. Alyokhina is due for a parole hearing this month, but not expected to be released before her sentence is up in 2014. ArtsBeat: Pussy Riot Releases First Song and Video Since Members’ Jailing 2013-07-17T16:18:31Z She saw her two older sons only twice during her three years in the penal colony, afraid it would be too traumatic for them to see their mother imprisoned. Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony 2012-10-14T10:33:10Z Unsure what to do with her, officials sentenced the bear to a 15-year prison term at a penal colony called Kostanay. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z That they survive a plane crash in the Peruvian jungle, then escape a penal colony, only sets the stage for their real troubles. Travel Books Take You There and Back 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Under British rule, the territory was used as a penal colony. The Cool, Wild and Very Remote Andaman Islands 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z After driving past a series of cinderblock motels and stucco shacks that looked like a seaside penal colony, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the road ended at the Atlantic Bar & Grill. ?Jersey Shore,? Reality Versus Reality TV 2011-09-09T18:55:00Z Amaurotic House In the book's penal colony human servants are segregated from those who are clairvoyant. Fantasy author on Oxford's influence 2013-08-20T10:24:51Z “Banished” is set within an Australian penal colony in the 1780s, where floggings abound and guards and convicts alike are permanently coated in a layer of schmutz. What You Should Watch This Fourth of July Weekend 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Dreyfus was ultimately exonerated of any wrongdoing after spending four years in the Devil’s Island penal colony. Social media outrage over Roman Polanski film J'Accuse 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Blood in the border web, the penal colony shed, in the bilingual yard … U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera: 'The audience is half of the poem' 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Samutsevich was released in October but forbidden to leave Russia, while the other two remain in separate and remote penal colonies. Pussy Riot Takes Manhattan, Quietly 2013-06-07T21:45:36Z America is home to one of the world’s largest and most notorious penal colonies: Rikers Island in New York. Lil Wayne's Rikers Island memoir 'Gone 'Til November' is a missed opportunity 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Book a few weeks in advance for a tour of Cape Town’s Alcatraz: Robben Island, the grim penal colony five miles off the coast. 36 Hours in Cape Town 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Her classmates could never believe that the writer of their set text Our Country's Good – Wertenbaker's play about an Australian penal colony – hadn't lived in the 18th century, like the characters she describes. Timberlake Wertenbaker: 'I'd love to write for Holby City' 2013-01-14T18:45:02Z Since there is only one women's penal colony near Moscow, female prisoners from the capital are commonly sent to Mordovia, a swampy, mosquito-infested province on the Volga River. Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony 2012-10-14T10:33:10Z Established in 1919 as an offshore penal colony, the islands held up to 1,300 offenders over the life span of the remote penitentiary. Latin America 2011 |?Journeys: Isla Coiba, Panama, a Marine Preserve 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z She’s caught, of course, and is sentenced to an Australian penal colony. Fiction That Takes You Back in Time 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z It’s a quirky little place: art colony meets penal colony. In New Mexico, on the Cowboy Trail of Jack Thorp 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Leo's encounters with men in park pavilions and in the Neptune Baths would land him in prison or a penal colony if he were caught. The Hunger Angel by Herta Müller – review 2012-11-21T08:00:07Z Defense lawyers said Alekhina and Tolokonnikova would be transported to a penal colony within two weeks, after receiving copies of their sentences. Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony 2012-10-14T10:33:10Z In the future, a corporation housed in a huge complex in the sky looks down upon a desolate world that is home to a penal colony. Review: ‘The Osiris Child’ Has It All, and Then Some 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The French claimed it in the 17th century, using it as a slave port and later a penal colony. Review: Tough Guys Tough It Out in ‘Papillon’ (Again!) 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z At the penal colony, Paige is quickly recognized as elite. Books of The Times: Samantha Shannon’s Fantasy Novel, ‘The Bone Season’ 2013-08-26T22:00:29Z And this corner, we have the land down under, a place famed for penal colonies, hungry dingoes and big, big knives. Save Pistol and Boo! Australia, please stand down from waging “war on terrier” on Johnny Depp’s dogs 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Mud is played by Matthew McConaughey in the latest in a series of surprising, intense and often very funny performances following his escape from the commercial romantic-comedy penal colony. Movie Review: ‘Mud’ Stars Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon 2013-04-25T22:00:14Z In the North, the system of “hard labor” was replaced by a system of “hard time,” that numbing, brutalizing idleness where masses of people extruded from the mainstream economy are pooled into mass penal colonies. Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z He served about four years in brutal Soviet penal colonies in Tuva. Kongar-ol Ondar, a Master of a Vocal Art, Dies at 51 2013-08-03T23:34:57Z The subsequent establishment of a penal colony on the estuary just to the north definitively brought to an end the era of human prehistory in Australia. What I'm thinking about … why history has put Australia behind a firewall 2013-03-02T03:49:39Z In December, Dmitrichenko was sentenced to six years in a penal colony. Bolshoi Ballet Artistic Director Sergei Filin back at work after health scare They have since been moved to separate penal colonies. Conductor backs Putin over protest 2012-12-19T13:32:29Z "Everyone knows the rule: Trust no one, never fear and never forgive," said Svetlana Bakhmina, a lawyer who spent three years in a penal colony. Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony 2012-10-14T10:33:10Z Macquarie later sent these manicured images back to London to report on how well the penal colony was developing. Joseph Lycett: From forger to artist 2013-10-11T16:13:16Z A tragic site in both history and modernity for Australians, Port Arthur was a brutal penal colony from 1833 to 1877. Tasmania’s Three Capes trail is spectacular, but it’s not cheap 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Collective punishment, increasing production quotas and cases of violence against those who failed to deliver were common in the penal colony, where living conditions failed to meet human rights standards and Russian law, she said. Jailed member of Russia's punk band goes on hunger strike 2013-09-23T11:33:44Z She turned to her own country’s deplorable history of penal colonies and the Tasmanian genocide for inspiration. ‘Babadook’ director grapples with divisive follow-up 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z They were released on Dec. 23, after spending 21 months in separate, remote penal colonies, their plight drawing intense international attention. Members of Russian Punk Band Get Warm Greeting in Brooklyn 2014-02-06T08:05:07Z In the book St Mary The Virgin is a crumbling structure badly affected by a rebellion that happened in the penal colony's history. Fantasy author on Oxford's influence 2013-08-20T10:24:51Z Set in 1788, Banished is a seven-part series that focuses on the prisoners and soldiers of the first penal colony in Australia. McGovern on story behind Banished 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Down Under gets its very own chapter on its liquor-addled origins as a penal colony, when rum was currency and even inspired a military coup, the Rum Rebellion. Sloshed, Hammered, Blotto — We’ve Been Doing It for Ages 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z He grew up amid the rebellious Luddite movement, and attended a school that, from his biographer’s descriptions, sounds like one of Dickens’s juvenile penal colonies. Review | Did America’s great landscape painter fear progress and hate democracy? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Gazaryan, who denies the charges, sought and received asylum in Estonia; Vitishko, charged with breaking the terms of his parole, is currently serving three years in a penal colony. Russia’s environmental crisis: Exiled activist sounds off to Salon 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z His biographers say it was there, in 1890, as he interviewed prisoners in a penal colony for the census, that he became deeply preoccupied with human suffering. 2010-01-29T19:45:00Z Jennifer Kent follows up The Babadook with some real-life monsters: the men who ran Tasmania’s penal colonies in the 1820s – one of whom gets some grisly, if just, comeuppance in this gothic thriller. The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: 41-50 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z And yet, though the plot doesn’t strictly require it, the new book sends Parrot on a detour to Australia, then still a penal colony. Peter Carey, Australian at Home in New York 2010-04-26T22:21:00Z Mothers with children under the age of 3 can keep them in centers on penal colony grounds, or in the case of one colony in Mordovia in their barracks. Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony 2012-10-14T10:33:10Z This 19th-century Australian penal colony was once home to thousands of violent convicts sentenced to “hell on earth,” and the dissection rooms here are evidence to that. The World’s Creepiest Attractions 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z A Russian anti-war activist has been sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for replacing supermarket pricing labels with anti-war messages. Ukraine war: Russian artist Sasha Skochilenko jailed for anti-war messages 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The politician is currently serving 19 years in a penal colony east of Moscow after being convicted on extremism charges, which he alleges are false. Russian woman goes on trial in a cafe bombing that killed a prominent military blogger 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Navalny, who is serving time in a penal colony east of Moscow, has faced various hardships, from repeated stints in a tiny solitary “punishment cell” to being deprived of pen and paper. Russia jails an associate of imprisoned Kremlin foe Navalny as crackdown on dissent continues 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z She could be sentenced to eight years in a penal colony after a state prosecutor asked a judge for such a punishment. Lawyer asks judge to acquit Russian artist over 'crime-free' anti-war price tag protest 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Kobzev was due in court Friday, along with Navalny, for a hearing on two lawsuits the opposition leader had filed against the penal colony where he’s being held. Russian authorities detain 3 lawyers for imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny after raids 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z “Transportation” is an archaic legal term meaning banishment to a remote place, usually a penal colony. 2 senior generals purged from Myanmar’s military government are sentenced to life for corruption 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z In a statement on Wednesday, the court in the Russian capital announced that Maria Ovsyannikova was sentenced to eight years and six months imprisonment in a "general regime penal colony". Marina Ovsyannikova: Anti-war Russian journalist sentenced in absentia 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Luddites were rounded up, shipped off to penal colonies and, in many cases, executed. Rage against machine learning: Lessons from the Luddites in an era of exploitative technology 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z He was placed in an isolation cell at the Omsk penal colony, his lawyer says. Vladimir Kara-Murza: Putin opponent in isolation cell in Siberian jail 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Prokhorov said Sunday that upon arrival to the penal colony in Omsk, Kara-Murza was immediately placed in a “punishment cell” - a tiny concrete cell where convicts are held in isolation for violating prison regulations. Jailed Kremlin critic transferred to a prison in Siberia, placed in ‘punishment cell,’ lawyer says 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Whelan is an American who is serving 16 years in a Russian penal colony on spy charges that he too denies. Russian court declines to consider appeal by US reporter Gershkovich against detention in spy case 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z This week she also visited Paul Whelan, an American convicted of espionage in 2020 and serving 16 years in a Russian penal colony on spying charges that he too denies. U.S. ambassador to Russia visits jailed reporter Gershkovich 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Yegiazaryan was convicted of criminal fraud in absentia in Moscow in 2018 in the mall dispute and sentenced to seven years in a penal colony — a proceeding he characterizes as a kangaroo court. Beverly Hills asylum seeker suspected of fleeing U.S. after promising to pay $150-million judgment 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Last week, two Russian soldiers were sentenced to two years in a penal colony for refusing to return to their units in Ukraine. White House: Russia discussing arms deal with North Korea as war in Ukraine drags on 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Last week, two Russian soldiers were sentenced to two years in a penal colony for refusing to return to their units in Ukraine, British officials said Wednesday. Russia prosecuting more soldiers who won’t fight in Ukraine 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Wagner bolstered its ranks when Prigozhin personally toured Russian penal colonies to recruit thousands of convicts, including rapists and murderers. Yevgeny Prigozhin: Was the Wagner chief a dead man walking? 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Navalny had an extra 19 years in a maximum security penal colony added to his jail term recently. Putin foes who, like Prigozhin, have suffered mysterious fates 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Navalny, the most prominent opponent of President Vladimir Putin, is already serving 11-1/2 years in the penal colony on charges including fraud that he says were trumped up to silence him. Jailed Russian opposition politician Navalny gets 19 more years in prison, says his team 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed a further 19 year jail term, at a trial in a remote penal colony. Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader handed further 19 year jail term 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The latest charges against Mr. Navalny were laid out in Moscow’s district court in late July, and the trial has been conducted in closed-door hearings at the penal colony where he is being held. A verdict is expected today in the latest trial against Navalny. 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z State prosecutors have asked the court to hand him another 20 years in a penal colony on six separate criminal charges, including inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organisation. Putin foe Navalny expects to be jailed for many more years 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z In June, a hall in the penal colony was turned into a makeshift courtroom and Navalny was back in the dock. Alexei Navalny braces for new verdict as Kremlin clamps down 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Separately, state media quoted the FSB earlier on Thursday as saying two alleged agents for Ukrainian intelligence had been sentenced by a Russian court to 15 years each in a harsh-regime penal colony for espionage. Russia arrests one of its own sailors over alleged plot to attack warship 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z “We call them ‘Z’ units, meaning that they come from penal colonies.” ‘They Shoot Without Stopping:’ Where Russia Is on the Attack in Ukraine 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Navalny, Putin's best-known critic, is serving sentences totalling 11-1/2 years in a penal colony on fraud and other charges he says were trumped up to silence him. Russia jails Navalny campaigner for nine years for "extremism" 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z If convicted, he could face 20 years in a penal colony. Biden said the U.S. is open to a prisoner swap to free Evan Gershkovich. 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z We were among a group of journalists allowed briefly into the penal colony for the start of the trial. Alexei Navalny braces for new verdict as Kremlin clamps down 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z They even run plant nurseries and tourist trips to a former penal colony. Mexican military to take over airports as president takes aim at corruption, mismanagement 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z If convicted on the espionage charges, for which Russian prosecutors have offered no evidence, Mr. Gershkovich could face 20 years in a penal colony. The U.S. ambassador to Russia meets with a Wall Street Journal reporter as his 100th day in detention looms. 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Biliyenko said Moskalyov could now be transferred from investigative detention to a penal colony at any time, but he would continue to appeal the case through two higher courts. Russian court spurns emotional appeal from man whose daughter drew anti-war picture 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Navalny has filed numerous complaints against the penal colony since his imprisonment, all of which have been rejected. Family of jailed Kremlin critic Navalny file lawsuit over visiting rights 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Griner was sentenced in 2022 to nine years in a penal colony for possessing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil - which is banned in Russia - after a judicial process labelled a sham by Washington. Russian ex-arms dealer freed for Brittney Griner to run for far-right party in local vote 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z A close relative who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed to reporters that he had served time in penal colonies. Exclusive: Wagner mutineers included Russian convicts freed to fight in Ukraine 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been thrown into an isolation cell at the penal colony where he is serving nine years for minor transgressions of prison rules. Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt. Other Russians defying the Kremlin aren’t so lucky 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In tweets posted by his aides, Navalny said he had been allowed no radio or conversations in his penal colony since June 1. After Wagner mutiny, jailed Kremlin critic Navalny asks who is the real extremist? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Many opposition figures in Russia have received long prison terms and are serving time in penal colonies notorious for harsh conditions. Russia drops charges against Prigozhin and others who took part in brief rebellion 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z If convicted, he could face 20 years in a Russian penal colony. The Wall Street Journal reporter jailed in Russia is scheduled to appear in court. 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Honduras will also turn islands hundreds of kilometers off the coast into a penal colony for "highly dangerous" gang leaders, the presidental office said. Honduras hands prison control to military police, expands emergency powers after deadly riot 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Adelaide was the first Australian city established by free settlers rather than as a penal colony. A look at the 9 cities hosting games for the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Dr. Mkrtchyan, who was in the same penal colony, said he and other Ukrainian medics urged the guards to let them help the wounded, but they were not allowed out of their building. They Were Captured by the Russians. Then the Hardest Fight Began. 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Although the charges were filed in a Moscow district court, the trial was held about 150 miles east of the capital in the penal colony where Mr. Navalny has been held since 2021. Navalny appears in a Russian court to face new charges of extremism. 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z TALLINN, Estonia — For nearly three years, a harsh crackdown on dissent in Belarus by its authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has filled the country’s penal colonies with thousands of political prisoners, with new arrests reported daily. Belarus crackdown targets not just political activists but also their lawyers 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Marine, is serving a 16-year sentence in a Russian penal colony after being convicted of espionage charges that Washington also says are a sham. Russia arrests U.S. citizen on drug dealing charges 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z While conditions vary among modern-day penal colonies, Russian law still permits prisoners to work on jobs like sewing uniforms for soldiers. Inside Russia’s penal colonies: A look at life for political prisoners caught in Putin’s crackdowns 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Navalny is already serving combined sentences of 11-1/2 years for fraud and contempt of court in a maximum-security penal colony, on charges that he says were trumped up to silence him. New case against jailed Kremlin critic Navalny goes to court next week 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition politician, is now in poor health in a penal colony. The leader of the Wagner mercenary group forecasts disaster if Russia does not move into total war footing. 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The group’s ranks were bolstered by criminals recruited from Russian penal colonies. The Battle for Bakhmut, in Photos 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z But news of Wagner’s astronomical casualty rate was spreading to Russian penal colonies, and Mr. Prigozhin announced in early February that he would stop recruiting inmates, without giving a reason. Bakhmut has exposed an ugly, personal feud between the Russian Defense Ministry and ‘Putin’s chef.’ 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z It is not immediately clear what the pardon means for his jail sentence, which state media previously reported would be served in a penal colony. Roman Protasevich: Belarus pardons activist hauled off flight 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z She pleaded guilty to the charges, was sentenced to nine years in prison and and sent to a penal colony. Griner plays for first time since release by Russia 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z The two-time Olympic gold medalist was released from a Russian penal colony in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the United States late last year after she was arrested in February 2022 on drug charges. Griner plays in WNBA for first time since Russia detention 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Belarusian state media, Belta, said he would serve the time in a penal colony. Belarusian dissident Roman Protasevich sentenced to eight years 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z In March, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a penal colony and stripped of his rank. They Refused to Fight for Russia. The Law Did Not Treat Them Kindly. 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Marine, has also been serving a 16-year jail sentence in a Russian penal colony over spying accusations. U.S. targets Russia's FSB, IRGC members over wrongful detention of Americans 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The book, scheduled to be released next year, would describe “the terrifying aspects of day-to-day life in a women’s penal colony,” according to a statement from Alfred A. Knopf, the publisher. Brittney Griner Speaks to Reporters for First Time Since Release From Russia 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Navalny, who started an anticorruption activist before becoming one of the Kremlin’s most prominent critics, is already serving a sentence in a penal colony for fraud and contempt of court. Navalny, Top Kremlin Critic, Says New Charge Could Jail Him for Life 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z “To know he is locked up in a Russian penal colony simply because you want to use him for your own means.” US urges Russia’s Lavrov to see suffering of Whelan’s sister 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The medications he received in a penal colony were not suppressing the virus, he said, and he feared for his life. ‘A Quick Death or a Slow Death’: Prisoners Choose War to Get Lifesaving Drugs 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Vladimir Kara-Murza, an activist and journalist, was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in a penal colony over his outspoken criticism of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Your Tuesday Briefing: A Long Sentence for a Putin Critic 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z A Russian court convicted her of drug smuggling, and in August, Ms. Griner was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony. Brittney Griner Speaks to Reporters for First Time Since Release From Russia 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Navalny and his supporters have said that he is in deteriorating health and have accused prison doctors at a penal colony east of Moscow of giving him substandard care. Navalny, Top Kremlin Critic, Says New Charge Could Jail Him for Life 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Even before he was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in a Russian penal colony, Vladimir Kara-Murza considered himself an enemy of the Kremlin. The opposition activist convicted of treason has long rankled the Kremlin. 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Navalny, 46, is serving combined sentences of 11-1/2 years in a high-security penal colony for fraud and contempt of court on charges that he says were trumped up to silence him. Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny says he is back in solitary, conditions 'hellish' 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “Griner also describes her stark and surreal time living in a foreign prison and the terrifying aspects of day-to-day life in a women’s penal colony,” the announcement reads. Brittney Griner working on memoir about Russian captivity 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z She was convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced to nine years in a penal colony. What does ‘wrongfully detained’ mean? 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z While on the run, he was sentenced in absentia to two years in a penal colony for discrediting the armed forces. Russian girl who drew a picture against war faces custody battle 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z But authorities there sent him back to Russia, where he was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in a penal colony. Takeaways from AP’s report on elite Russian defector 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z On March 20, a Russian court sentenced him to six and a half years in a penal colony. ‘He’s a war criminal’: Elite Putin security officer defects 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z If convicted — and acquittals in Russian espionage cases are exceedingly rare — Mr. Gershkovich faces up to 20 years in a Russian penal colony. Evan Gershkovich, the American reporter detained in Moscow, appeals his arrest. 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In 2014, he was released from a penal colony by a group of pro-Moscow forces and joined their ranks as a volunteer fighter, he said in his books. Assassinated Pro-War Blogger Was Part of a Radical Russian Movement 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z If convicted, Mr. Gershkovich would face up to 20 years in a Russian penal colony. In Rare Call With Lavrov, Blinken Demands Release of Imprisoned American Journalist 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z If convicted, Mr. Gershkovich faces up to 20 years in a Russian penal colony. The American reporter accused of spying in Russia will likely spend months in a high-security prison. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Later the same day, a court sentenced him in absentia to two years in a penal colony. Fugitive Russian father convicted of insulting army has been detained -lawyer 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Russia wandered into this thicket by allowing the Wagner private military group to recruit tens of thousands of convicts from penal colonies to fight and die in Ukraine, many near the eastern city of Bakhmut. They Left Town as Convicts. Will They Be Buried as Heroes? 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z This month, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in a penal colony. She Posted Online About the War in Ukraine. Then She Faced a Prison Term. 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The Biden administration’s efforts to negotiate a prisoner swap stalled for months as Ms. Griner was sent to a penal colony outside Moscow. In Rare Call With Lavrov, Blinken Demands Release of Imprisoned American Journalist 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Last year, the American basketball star Brittney Griner was detained at an airport near Moscow and later sentenced to nine years in a penal colony for carrying vape cartridges of hashish oil in her luggage. Banned From Russian Airspace, U.S. Airlines Look to Restrict Competitors 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z He is now serving combined sentences of 11-1/2 years in a high-security penal colony for fraud and contempt of court on charges that he says were trumped up to silence him. Kremlin says Navalny documentary Oscar shows Hollywood 'politicisation' 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Navalny, 46, is the highest profile of the few remaining opposition voices in Russia and is serving his sentence in a maximum security penal colony in Russia. 'Navalny,' portrait of Kremlin critic, wins best documentary Oscar 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The soldier said that of about 170 inmates who enlisted from his penal colony in Russia’s Ivanov region last fall, about 80 have returned home without major injuries. Ukraine Claims Bakhmut Battle Is Wagner’s ‘Last Stand’ 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The verdict, published by his lawyer Maria Eismont on Facebook, said Ivanov would serve out his sentence in a penal colony. Russian court jails defiant activist opposed to Ukraine war for 8.5 years 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z For Mikhail and the other captive, Ilya, 30, their transformation — from convicts to combatants, prisoners to prisoners of war — began in the penal colonies where they were serving sentences for alcohol-related deaths. Bloodied Wagner fighters captured in Ukraine recount path from prison to war 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z In his social media appearances, Prigozhin offered a stark contrast to the straight-faced Kremlin apparatchiks, appearing in battlefield catacombs, the cockpit of an airborne military jet and Siberian penal colonies. Russia’s top paramilitary chief accuses army command of treason 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z In it, the politician said he was in a detention center in St. Petersburg, his hometown, and was told that he soon would be sent to a penal colony in the nearby Karelia region. Kremlin critic missing amid prison transfer, allies say 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z A Russian opposition publication, Mediazona, has said that fewer Russian prisoners are willing to sign up for combat because of reports of high casualties among penal colony recruits. Russia Pays a Bloody Price for Small Gains on Eastern Front 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Wagner has been able to avoid oversight by exploiting the most marginalized Russian citizens, the 350,000 male inmates of its harsh penal colonies, said human rights activists and lawyers. ‘Very Dangerous People’: Russia’s Convict Fighters Are Heading Home 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Australia Day marks the arrival of British ships on Jan. 26, 1788, in what is now Sydney Harbor, establishing a penal colony and initiating a process that led to eventual statehood. ‘Australia Day’ vs. ‘Invasion Day’: Complicated historical legacy clouds Aussie national celebration 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z He has often traveled by helicopter to Russia’s remote penal colonies to give rousing speeches to inmates, according to videos posted on social media and accounts from prison rights activists. Russia issues the first pardons to prisoners who fought in Ukraine, state media reports. 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Reuters requested comment from the federal prisons service responsible for the penal colony east of Moscow where Navalny is being held. Russia's Navalny accuses authorities of using prison to break his health 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Marine held in Russia, days after she was released from a Russian penal colony as part of a prisoner swap. Griner urges supporters to contact Whelan, help Americans detained abroad 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z She pleaded guilty to the charges in July, and her last few weeks of confinement were spent in a penal colony, a type of prison facility known for its brutal living conditions. On her way home, Brittney Griner says she’ll play in the WNBA this season 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and later sent to a penal colony. Brittney Griner vows to play this season after prisoner swap 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The organization’s estimate, which represents nearly 10 percent of Russia’s prewar male prison population, is based on reports from sources in Russian penal colonies and could not be independently verified. Russia issues the first pardons to prisoners who fought in Ukraine, state media reports. 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z She was subsequently convicted of drug smuggling and later transferred to one of Russia’s most notorious penal colonies, where former inmates have described torture, harsh beatings and slave labor conditions. Brittney Griner says she will advocate for other Americans detained abroad 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Griner's fans and fellow athletes mounted a campaign for her release and sent letters of support as she was subsequently convicted of drug smuggling and transferred to one of Russia’s most notorious penal colonies. Griner urges supporters to contact Whelan, help Americans detained abroad 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Griner, 32, was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and last month she was sent to a penal colony. Russia's released arms dealer Viktor Bout joins ultranationalist party 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z He described how Ms. Griner, who had spent the last few weeks in one of Russia’s most notorious penal colonies, was “full of energy” after being released. Biden’s Top Hostage Negotiator Details Brittney Griner’s Flight Home 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The two-time Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix Mercury pro basketball star spoke about her time in the Russian penal colony and her months in captivity, Carstens recalled, although he declined to go into specific details. Special envoy gives details of Griner’s homecoming 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The film outlines Lorton’s strange journey from utopian prison farm to reviled penal colony. Documentary by former Lorton inmate looks beyond prison’s violent reputation 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z One is Paul Whelan, who was detained in December 2018, convicted of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony; the U.S. Brittney Griner Swap Puts Spotlight on Americans in Russia 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Until yesterday, it was conceivable she would spend years in a Russian penal colony. When a Prisoner Swap is a Rorschach-Test 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He is being held in IK-17, a penal colony in the Mordovia region, where he has to work in a sewing factory, his brother told The New York Times in a recent interview. Here’s a look at two Americans still detained in Russian penal colonies. 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Turner, Ms. Griner’s teammate, said she had corresponded by letter with Ms. Griner during her confinement but had not heard from her since mid-October, when she was moved to the penal colony. With Brittney Griner’s Release, Anxiety Turns to Relief 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z She was flown to San Antonio, near her hometown of Houston, where she will be offered medical care after her time in a Russian penal colony. Brittney Griner lands in US after prisoner swap with Russia 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He was sentenced in June to 14 years in a penal colony. Brittney Griner Swap Puts Spotlight on Americans in Russia 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Marine serving a 16-year sentence in a Russian penal colony on espionage charges. Russian state media lauds Putin's 'win' on Bout exchange 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The Biden administration’s efforts to negotiate a prisoner swap stalled for months as she was sent to a penal colony outside Moscow. Your Friday Briefing 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Paul Whelan spoke to CNN from a Russian penal colony Thursday and expressed disappointment in the lack of progress on his case. Sports world reacts to Brittney Griner’s release: ‘BG is free’ 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z If Griner had been treated like most defendants on minor drug charges in Russia, she would not have been jailed at all, let alone sentenced to nine years in a grim penal colony. Opinion | Trading Brittney Griner for an arms dealer was a good deal 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z In anticipation of the transfer, Griner was relocated from the Russian penal colony where she arrived last month and was flown to the United Arab Emirates for the transfer. Griner swap wasn’t what US hoped for, but what it could get 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The swap is a huge relief for Ms. Griner, who was sent to a penal colony after her arrest at a Moscow airport in February and subsequent conviction. Brittney Griner release comes with doubts about swap for ‘merchant of death,’ plight of Paul Whelan 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z She was subsequently convicted of drug smuggling and transferred to one of Russia's most feared penal colonies, where former inmates have described torture, harsh beatings and slave labor conditions. Brittney Griner: months in captivity end on UAE tarmac 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z She was in a Russian penal colony, known for its harsh conditions and legalized forced labor. Sports world reacts to Brittney Griner’s release: ‘BG is free’ 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Nov 9: Griner's legal team says she has been transferred from a detention center outside Moscow and is on her way to a penal colony. Brittney Griner's detainment, conviction and release 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Last month she was taken to a penal colony in the Russian region of Mordovia to serve her prison sentence. Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in prisoner swap 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Her lawyers said that, in any event, the sentence of nine years in a penal colony was grossly disproportionate. Factbox: Brittney Griner, U.S. basketball star caught up in Russia crisis 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and last month sent to a penal colony. Griner: Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer Bout 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The inmates at IK-2 penal colony rise at 6 a.m. each day for a breakfast of milk porridge, bread and tea. Brittney Griner facing 'terrible' life at remote penal colony in Russia 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z He spoke with U.S. consular officials and was returned to the penal colony on Friday, the official said. U.S. detainee Whelan calls family after week of silence in Russia 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The penal colony's staff said Paul was moved to the prison hospital on Nov. 17, a day after a visit by U.S. and Irish diplomats, his brother David Whelan said. U.S. deeply concerned about Whelan, American jailed in Russia -White House 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z In the months since Mr. Navalny was sent to a penal colony in 2021, his political network across Russia was crushed and the country’s opposition movement seemed dead. For Putin’s Opponents, Exile From Russia Proves a Boon 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Her transfer to a penal colony outside Moscow appeared to mark that milestone. Russia Raises Hopes for Griner’s Release, but U.S. Says It’s Just Talk 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Russian penal colonies are divided into four categories, ranging from lenient to strict. Brittney Griner facing 'terrible' life at remote penal colony in Russia 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Here is a look at what life looks like at Russian penal colonies, and at Griner’s prospects of being freed in a U.S.-Russia prisoner exchange. EXPLAINER: What Griner may endure in Russian penal system 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The double-Olympic winner has been sent to a penal colony in a remote region south-east of Moscow. Viktor Bout: Russia hopeful for arms dealer prisoner swap with US 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Late last month, a Russian court upheld Ms. Griner’s sentence, setting the stage for her transfer to a penal colony, even as American and Russian officials broached the possibility of a prisoner exchange. Brittney Griner is transferred to a penal colony outside Moscow, her lawyers say. 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Former inmates say that harsh conditions, overcrowding, political indoctrination and even brutality are common features of Russian penal colonies. Russia Raises Hopes for Griner’s Release, but U.S. Says It’s Just Talk 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z US basketball player Brittney Griner has reportedly been sent to a Russian penal colony in a remote region south-east of Moscow to serve a nine-year jail term for illegal drug possession. What awaits Brittney Griner in Russian penal colony? 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z While conditions vary among modern-day penal colonies, Russian law still allows for inmates to be put to work, with most sewing uniforms for the Russian army and law enforcement. EXPLAINER: What Griner may endure in Russian penal system 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z In August, Griner was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony on drugs charges following her arrest at a Moscow airport in February with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage. EXCLUSIVE Brittney Griner taken to penal colony in Russia's Mordovia region - source 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z He spoke hours after Griner’s lawyers revealed that she had been sent to one of Russia’s notoriously harsh penal colonies to serve her sentence following a court’s rejection of her appeal. Russian parliament displays art by Griner case figure Bout 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The U.N. team said it had also documented cases of so-called “welcome beatings” at a penal colony. Both Russia and Ukraine tortured prisoners of war, UN says 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Griner lost her appeal against her drug conviction in early November and was then moved out of a Moscow detention centre to a penal colony. What awaits Brittney Griner in Russian penal colony? 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Speaking after her transfer to the penal colony, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the US was "unwavering" in attempts to free her and other detained Americans. Ukraine war: US and Russian spy chiefs meet face-to-face in Turkey 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Inmates of Russian penal colonies are required to work long hours for meagre pay on tedious manual tasks such as sewing. EXCLUSIVE Brittney Griner taken to penal colony in Russia's Mordovia region - source 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Her lawyers said they do not know where she is being taken, but Russia’s penal colonies are notorious for inflicting cold, hunger, monotony and maltreatment. Opinion | The Brittney Griner injustice just keeps getting worse 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Video emerged recently of a man resembling Prigozhin visiting Russian penal colonies to recruit prisoners to fight in Ukraine. What’s ‘Putin’s chef’ cooking up with talk on US meddling? 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z While men in penal colonies often work with wood processing or welding, female inmates are invariably employed at sewing clothes, mostly uniforms for the prison service, the army or the police. What awaits Brittney Griner in Russian penal colony? 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Last week she was moved to a penal colony. Ukraine war: US and Russian spy chiefs meet face-to-face in Turkey 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote in a tweet Wednesday: “We strongly protest the movement of Brittney Griner to a remote penal colony and the Russian government’s use of wrongful detentions.” WNBA star Brittney Griner being transferred to Russian penal colony 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z “I am determined to get her home and get her home safely,” President Biden said Wednesday, following news that Russian authorities are transferring her to a penal colony. Opinion | The Brittney Griner injustice just keeps getting worse 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star currently detained by Russia on drug charges, is being transferred to an undisclosed penal colony. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Drawn-out transfers to a penal colony are a longtime practice in Russia, as they were in the Soviet Union before it. Brittney Griner Heads for a Russian Penal Colony 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken echoed those sentiments in a statement and called Ms. Griner’s transfer to a remote penal colony “another injustice layered on her ongoing unjust and wrongful detention.” Brittney Griner’s lawyers say they don’t know where she’s being transferred to. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Most of its facilities are known as penal colonies because inmates are required to carry out labor during their sentences. WNBA star Brittney Griner being transferred to Russian penal colony 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z She added that US President Joe Biden had ordered his administration to swiftly "prevail on her Russian captors to improve her treatment and the conditions she may be forced to endure in a penal colony". Brittney Griner: Jailed US basketball star moved to Russian penal colony 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z She was sentenced on Aug. 4 to nine years in a penal colony on charges of possessing and smuggling drugs. U.S. basketball star Griner on her way to penal colony, lawyers say 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Griner was instead being transferred from a jail outside Moscow and thrust into Russia’s vast and opaque penal colony system, lawyers said. Brittney Griner Heads for a Russian Penal Colony 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Griner’s lost appeal and her transfer to a penal colony mean that all legal procedures have now been completed and that her sentence has officially come into force. Brittney Griner’s lawyers say they don’t know where she’s being transferred to. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The camps share many similarities with the gulags or forced-labor camps used during the time of the Soviet Union, and media investigations have highlighted alleged abuses against prisoners in penal colonies. WNBA star Brittney Griner being transferred to Russian penal colony 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The double-Olympic winner was convicted of smuggling and possessing cannabis oil in August and sentenced to nine years in a penal colony. Brittney Griner: Jailed US basketball star moved to Russian penal colony 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z President Joe Biden has directed his administration to "prevail on her Russian captors to improve her treatment and the conditions she may be forced to endure in a penal colony." U.S. basketball star Griner on her way to penal colony, lawyers say 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, in a statement, called Ms. Griner’s transfer to a penal colony “another injustice layered on her ongoing unjust and wrongful detention.” Brittney Griner Heads for a Russian Penal Colony 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Brittney Griner, the American basketball star who has been jailed in Russia for more than eight months, is being transferred to a penal colony, her lawyers said Wednesday. Brittney Griner’s lawyers say they don’t know where she’s being transferred to. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Once the appeals process is over, she is set to be transferred to a penal colony. Brittney Griner, imprisoned in Russia, meets with U.S. Embassy officials 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z She is allowed outside once a day at a penal colony outside Moscow, the lawyer Alexandr D. Boykov, said in a recent interview. U.S. officials met with Brittney Griner, who is ‘doing as well as can be expected,’ the White House says. 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The first thing to understand, Alyokhina said in an interview, is that a penal colony is no ordinary prison. Brittney Griner faces bleak life in Russian penal colony 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Once the appeal process is over, Griner is set to be transferred to a penal colony, where people who are incarcerated are required to perform labor during their sentence. D.C. activists rally for Brittney Griner at Russian Embassy 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Once the appeal process is over, she is set to be transferred to a penal colony. WNBA star Brittney Griner’s appeal rejected by Russian court 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z A Russian court upheld a sentence of nine years in a penal colony for Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star convicted on a drug charge. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z A prisoner swap with the U.S. may be her best hope to avoid a penal colony. Your Wednesday Briefing: Tensions Rise in the West Bank 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z She is taking part in the session held at the Moscow Regional Court via video call from a penal colony outside Moscow where she is being held. Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentence 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Griner is taking part in the session held at the Moscow Regional Court via video call from a penal colony outside Moscow where she is being held. Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentence 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Most of its prison facilities are known as penal colonies, in which prisoners are required to perform labor. WNBA star Brittney Griner’s appeal rejected by Russian court 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z She was sentenced on Aug. 4 to nine years in a penal colony. U.S. basketball star Griner's Russian appeal hearing adjourned for two hours 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z If the appeals court won’t overrule Ms. Griner’s verdict, it will come into force and she will be sent to a penal colony. Brittney Griner doesn’t expect ‘miracles to happen’ with her appeal, her lawyer says. 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Griner is allowed outside once a day, according to Mr. Boykov, during which she walks for an hour in a small courtyard at the penal colony outside Moscow where she is being held. Brittney Griner, spending her birthday in a Russian cell, thanks her supporters. 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Griner, who was arrested just before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, was sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony after pleading guilty to a drug possession charge. Richardson ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Deal for Brittney Griner 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z He was captured by separatist forces when they retook Azovstal and then held in a penal colony in Olenivka, in Donetsk. Prisoner swap freed Putin’s friend, Azov commanders and U.K. fighters 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Specifically, the man says that 40 recruits from a St. Petersburg penal colony stormed the Vuhlehirsk power plant in eastern Ukraine on June 1, absorbing several casualties but eventually taking over the plant. Video Reveals How Russian Mercenaries Recruit Inmates for Ukraine War 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z If the appeals court won’t overrule Ms. Griner’s verdict, it will come into force and she will be sent to a penal colony. Brittney Griner doesn’t expect ‘miracles to happen’ with her appeal, her lawyer says. 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z She was convicted last month of trying to smuggle narcotics into Russia and sentenced to nine years in a penal colony. Biden to Meet With Families of Griner and Whelan, Who Are Imprisoned in Russia 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Analysts did this by conducting a reverse image search a church visible in the background of the video, which matched to penal colony number six. Wagner Group: Head of Russian mercenary group filmed recruiting in prison 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Her team had also received information about Ukrainian prisoners suffering from infectious diseases including hepatitis A and tuberculosis in a penal colony in Olenivka, she said. Russia is preventing access to Ukraine war prisoners, UN says 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Convicts at other penal colonies across Russia have told Russia Behind Bars that a man resembling Mr. Prigozhin had visited them as well, mentioning plans of recruiting 20,000 to 50,000 inmates. Video Reveals How Russian Mercenaries Recruit Inmates for Ukraine War 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Inmates told Gulagu.Net that Prigozhin made a personal appearance in a number of penal colonies and offered convicts a presidential pardon if they were willing to fight in Ukraine. In Ukraine, a Russian mercenary group steps out of the shadows 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z “Why did she commit a crime if she didn’t want to end up in a penal colony?” How the media privileges white victims 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z This month, a Russian judge sentenced Ms. Griner to nine years in a penal colony. Brittney Griner appeals her conviction on drug charges in Russia, her defense team says. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The prisoners at the penal colony in St. Petersburg were expecting a visit by officials, thinking it would be some sort of inspection. Russia struggles to replenish its troops in Ukraine 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z After hearing the verdict on Thursday, Ms. Griner’s lawyers said they would appeal the sentence, which would delay the start of her time in a penal colony. U.S. and Russia Ready to Negotiate Griner’s Release 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden on Thursday criticized Russia for sentencing Ms. Griner to nine years in a penal colony for having vape cartridges and a small amount of cannabis oil in her luggage, calling the decision “unacceptable.” Biden says he’s ‘hopeful’ about Brittney Griner’s plight after Russian conviction 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Griner was convicted and sentenced to a penal colony for nine years — one year shy of the maximum sentence. Griner’s guilty verdict strengthens supporters’ resolve 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Brittney Griner, a basketball player for the W.N.B.A. team The Phoenix Mercury, was sentenced to 9 years in a Russian penal colony after being found guilty of drug smuggling and possession charges. Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years for transporting cannabis vape cartridges into Russia 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z According to the woman whose boyfriend is serving his sentence at the penal colony in St. Petersburg, the offers to leave the prison are “a glimmer of hope” for freedom. Russia struggles to replenish its troops in Ukraine 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z On Aug. 4, she was found guilty and sentenced to nine years in a penal colony. Russian Court Sentences Griner to 9 Years, Raising Pressure on Biden 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Last week, dozens of Ukrainian POWs were killed in an explosion at a barracks at a penal colony in Olenivka, an eastern town controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Russia declares Ukrainian military unit a terrorist group 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z While the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday it would allow the International Committee for the Red Cross and the United Nations access to the penal colony, neither organization confirmed the claim. As Ukraine Orders Civilians to Evacuate the East, Residents Face a Grim Choice 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Could she face a 10-year sentence in a Russian penal colony? Brittney Griner heads back to court, caught up in a war far away from home. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z On July 1, Ms. Perednya was sentenced to 6½ years in a penal colony — for simply expressing her views. Opinion | In Belarus, a social media post brings 6.5 years in prison 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z “They won’t be able to come and visit. Penal colonies can sometimes be very severe. It will be a tremendous test of her mental state if she ends up going to a penal colony.” Russian Court Sentences Griner to 9 Years, Raising Pressure on Biden 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z She faces up to 10 years in a penal colony. Brittney Griner is honored by her fellow players at the W.N.B.A. All-Star Game. 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z He was sentenced in June — by the same court that is handling Ms. Griner’s case — to 14 years in a high-security penal colony. An American arrested in Russia last year was sentenced by the court handling Brittney Griner’s case. 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z She could face up to 10 years in a Russian penal colony. Your Friday Briefing: Boris Johnson Plans to Resign 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z If Ms. Griner is convicted, she faces up to 10 years in a Russian penal colony. Russian diplomat criticizes Biden ‘hype’ over Brittney Griner as the W.N.B.A. star’s trial resumes. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z If she is convicted, she faces up to 10 years in a Russian penal colony. Russia says Brittney Griner could appeal the verdict in her drug smuggling case. 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z From the hell of a Russian penal colony, an American basketball superstar pleas for her freedom. Plaschke: Brittney Griner pleas for freedom, but is America listening? 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z In a legal system that rarely finds defendants anything but guilty, she faces up to 10 years in a penal colony if convicted. From Star Athlete to Political Pawn: Griner Goes on Trial in Russia 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The drug charges that she faces carry a sentence of up to 10 years at a penal colony. The Kremlin rejects the suggestion that Griner’s case is politically motivated. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Griner has been held in the pretrial detention center of the facility, which also includes a larger penal colony for women serving out their sentences, with its own sewing factory and Russian Orthodox church. Gray walls, books and a Lenin monument: A look inside the facility where Griner is detained. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z If convicted, she faces a sentence of up to 10 years at a penal colony. Pictures of Brittney Griner in custody offer few clues to her well-being. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The drug charges levied against her carries a sentence of up to 10 years in a penal colony. A Russian court says Brittney Griner’s trial will begin on Friday. 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z A Russian court sentenced Marc Fogel, an American teacher and former U.S. embassy worker, to 14 years in a penal colony for having cannabis at the airport in August 2021. Russian court sentences American teacher to 14 years in prison for cannabis bust 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Earlier on Tuesday, Navalny’s allies had sounded an alarm, saying he was missing from the Pokrov penal colony, where he had spent months behind bars. Navalny reportedly moved to high-security prison infamous for abuse 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Christensen was held at a penal colony in the western Kursk region. Released from Russia, Jehovah’s Witness returns to Denmark 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z He addressed the court in Moscow via a video link at his penal colony. Ukraine war: Russia's jailed Navalny attacks invasion as judge rejects appeal 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z "This is a stupid war which your Putin started," Navalny, 45, told an appeal court in Moscow via video link from a corrective penal colony. Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny lambasts Putin's 'stupid war' in Ukraine 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z As they surrendered, the troops were taken prisoner by the Russians, and at least some were taken to a former penal colony. In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z At least some of the fighters were taken by the Russians to a former penal colony in territory controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. Troops who defended Mariupol steel mill registered as POWs 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The wounded were given medical treatment while those who were fit were taken to a penal colony and were being treated well, he said. 'Hell' in Ukraine's Donbas as Russia piles on pressure, warns Zelenskiy 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z At least some were taken by the Russians to a former penal colony in territory controlled by Moscow-backed separatists, and a separatist official said that those who needed medical assistance were hospitalized. Red Cross registers Mariupol POWs as hundreds more surrender 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The wounded have been given medical treatment while those who are fit have been taken to a penal colony and are being treated well, said Denis Pushilin, head of the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic. Over half of Ukrainian fighters have left Azovstal, pro-Russian separatist says 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Some were taken by the Russians to a former penal colony in territory controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. Interrogation, uncertainty for surrendering Mariupol troops 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Seven buses carrying an unknown number of Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from the Mariupol steel plant were seen arriving Tuesday at former penal colony No. 120 near Olenivka. Live updates | NATO says Finland, Sweden apply to join 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Prior to the rebel takeover, penal colony No. 120 had been a high-security facility designed to hold prisoners sentenced for serious crimes. Ukraine hopes to swap steel mill fighters for Russian POWs 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z It came after Russian authorities announced she would have to serve a 21-day sentence in a penal colony. After escape from Moscow, Pussy Riot begins tour to support Ukraine 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z But in April, as Putin cracked down harder to snuff out any criticism of his war in Ukraine, authorities announced that her effective house arrest would be converted to 21 days in a penal colony. Leader of Pussy Riot band escapes Russia, with help from friends 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z While in a penal colony in the Russian republic of Mordovia, Mr. Reed was subjected to degrading treatment, including time in a solitary cell, his family has said. Russia Releases Former U.S. Marine in Prisoner Swap 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Last month, Navalny was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony after being found guilty by a Russian court of large-scale fraud and contempt. The former chancellor who became Putin’s man in Germany 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z And there is nothing noble about countries such as Rwanda essentially offering themselves up as penal colonies for people whom other countries deem illegal. Opinion | Why Britain’s deal with Rwanda on migrants is so repulsive 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z There is no meaningful political opposition left as they have either fled the country, or in the case of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, jailed for years in a strict-regime penal colony. Why has Russia invaded Ukraine and what does Putin want? 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z The 45-year-old activist, who is imprisoned in a penal colony east of Moscow, in 2020 survived a poisoning with a nerve agent that he blames on the Kremlin. Russia’s Navalny accuses Le Pen of Kremlin ties before vote 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Even though the decision was handed down at a penal colony 70 miles from from Moscow. Journalists impeded, not muzzled, by Russian reporting rules 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The penalties are considerably higher for officials, with fines ranging from $30,300 to $50,500 and terms of five to 10 years in penal colonies. Putin signs another law banning ‘fake news’ on Russia 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z “Putin orients himself very precisely to a person,” Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia’s richest man before he served a decade in a Siberian penal colony and had his company forcibly broken up, said in 2016 in Washington. The making of Vladimir Putin 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The attorneys were talking to the media outside the penal colony where Navalny is being held when police made people disperse and took the lawyers away in a police van before eventually releasing them. Russian court sentences Kremlin critic Navalny to nine more years in prison on fraud conviction 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Navalny, who is serving 2½ years in a penal colony east of Moscow, has been charged with fraud and contempt of court. Kremlin foe Navalny faces lengthy prison term in new trial 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Navalny, who is serving 2 1/2 years in a penal colony east of Moscow, has been charged with fraud and contempt of court. Kremlin foe Navalny faces lengthy prison term in new trial 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z He was initially given three and a half years in a penal colony for breaking bail conditions while in hospital. Russia Navalny: Jailed opposition leader found guilty in trial branded 'sham' 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Members of Navalny’s defense team have complained they were not allowed to bring cellphones or laptops containing case files into the courtroom at the penal colony. Russia seeks 13-year prison sentence for Kremlin foe Navalny 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The prosecution has requested to transfer him to a maximum-security prison on grounds he had committed “crimes” while in the penal colony. Russian court sentences Kremlin critic Navalny to nine more years in prison on fraud conviction 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z A penal colony was a place where convicts were sent to serve their sentences. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Navalny expressed outrage over the Ukraine invasion while appearing last week for a court hearing being held in a penal colony in the Russian city of Pokrov. Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny calls for protests against ‘insane czar’ Putin 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition figure, expressed his own outrage over the Ukraine invasion while appearing Thursday for a court hearing being held in a penal colony in the Russian city of Pokrov. Russia widens internal crackdown on anti-war protesters; more than 6,400 arrested 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Navalny, who is already serving 2 1/2 years in a penal colony east of Moscow, has been charged with fraud and contempt of court. Russia seeks 13-year prison sentence for Kremlin foe Navalny 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z These new-generation leaders face long sentences in Russia's notorious penal colonies. A year after Navalny’s return, Putin remains atop a changed Russia 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z To solve this problem, the British government established a penal colony in Australia. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not afraid of this court, of the penal colony, the F.S.B., of the prosecutors, chemical weapons, Putin and all others,” Mr. Navalny said in court, according to a video of his statement. Navalny Appears in Penal Camp Court to Face More Charges 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z That was because the whole court was a cage as it was inside his penal colony, he said. Putin critic Navalny put on trial again in Russia 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Protesters highlight that a penal colony was built on land taken from Indigenous inhabitants without the negotiation of a treaty. Celebrations and protests mark polarizing Australia Day 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The Jan. 26 public holiday marks the date the British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788 to start a penal colony, viewing the land as unoccupied despite encountering settlements. Protests, citizenship festivities to mark contentious Australia Day holiday 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Many European nations used penal colonies as a way to prevent overcrowding of prisons. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the date a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788 to start a penal colony, viewing the land as unoccupied despite encountering settlements. Australia buys copyright to Aboriginal flag, making it free to fly 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z By the mid-19th century, New Caledonia served as a penal colony for the French, and surveyors discovered nickel in the soil. Can a Tiny Territory in the South Pacific Power Tesla’s Ambitions? 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z He was sentenced to 4 years in a penal colony. Factbox-Memorial: Moscow shuts down chronicler of Soviet-era crimes 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z In a statement on its website on Monday, the court said the sentence had been extended by a further two years and Dmitriev would be held in a high-security penal colony. Russian court extends jail term for Gulag historian to 15 years 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Sentencing Stremsky to prison in a penal colony, the court in Saraktash on Friday banned him from working with children for 20 years and removed his national parenting honour. Russian priest who adopted 70 children jailed for abuse 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z He was awarded the prize while serving a more than two-year sentence in a Russian penal colony. Navalny, Putin’s Imprisoned Foe, Wins E.U.’s Top Human Rights Award 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Baza said special police forces were preparing to storm the building containing the rioters in the penal colony in the city of Vladikavkaz. Hundreds of inmates riot in Russian prison - reports 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z During his first weeks in the penal colony, Mr. Navalny’s limbs numbed, either from lingering effects of the poisoning or from a back injury from riding in a prison van. In First Interview From Jail, an Upbeat Navalny Discusses Prison Life 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Russia’s onetime richest man, Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the founder of an oil company, was twice convicted and sentenced to lengthy terms in the penal colonies. Russia Doesn’t Send U.S. Investor to Jail but Still Sends a Warning 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The Games will put Brisbane firmly on the map, elevating the status of a booming state capital that sprang from humble origins as a 19th century penal colony for hardened criminals. Olympics-One-time backwater Brisbane turns Olympic Cinderella 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The 45-year-old is now serving a more than two-year sentence in a penal colony outside Moscow for alleged parole violations — charges Navalny and international observers have said were fabricated to silence him. Biden, Putin aired differences at a high-stakes summit but agree on little 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z And he dismissed US concerns about the fate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was sent to a penal colony in February for more than two years and recently undertook a 24-day hunger strike. Putin praises Biden as constructive at Geneva summit 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Marine, urged the White House to help arrange for his release from a Russian penal colony while speaking by phone to CNN in a recent interview the network released Wednesday. Paul Whelan, Marine vet jailed in Russia, asks Biden to push for his release ahead of Putin summit 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Today, about one of every 10 prisoners in Russia’s penal colonies are white-collar criminals. Russia Doesn’t Send U.S. Investor to Jail but Still Sends a Warning 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Barysevich was released on Wednesday after serving her time in a penal colony in Gomel, a city in southeastern Belarus. Belarus: Staff of popular news site in detention after raids 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The inmates of penal colony No 8 in Novosibirsk region even upgraded the old-fashioned British phone boxes by installing phones with video links. Inmates use British red phone boxes in Russian jail 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z It was Navalny’s first public appearance since his transfer to a penal colony last month. Top ally announces closing Navalny’s offices amid crackdown 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z He was ordered to serve 2½ years in prison and last month was transferred to a penal colony notorious for its harsh conditions. Moscow court restricts Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Navalny was ordered to serve 2½ years in prison and last month was transferred to a penal colony east of Moscow, notorious for its harsh conditions. Russian authorities suspend operation of Navalny’s offices 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z After being moved to a prison hospital at a penal colony last weekend, Navalny was examined at a civilian hospital Tuesday. Navalny signals end to prison hunger strike after getting access to civilian doctors 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Navalny is serving a more than two-year sentence in a penal colony east of Moscow. Protesters across Russia defy Putin with calls to free jailed opposition leader Navalny 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Amid reports about his declining health, Navalny was transferred Sunday from a penal colony known for its particularly strict treatment of inmates to a hospital unit in another prison. Russia’s feared prisons follow system from Soviet Gulag era 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z From the time of his sentencing to 2½ years at a penal colony about 60 miles east of Moscow, his condition worsened, according to lawyers. In risky gambit, backers of ailing Russian opposition figure summon supporters to streets 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z He was moved to a separate prison hospital in another penal colony over the weekend. Opinion | To save Alexei Navalny, go after Putin’s enablers 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z “The question remaining is whether the penal colony is willing to cooperate to save the life of Navalny.” Navalny’s daughter pleads for medical care for the imprisoned Kremlin critic amid mounting health concerns 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Last month, the politician was transferred to a penal colony east of Moscow, notorious for its harsh conditions. Hunger-striking Navalny describes threats to force-feed him 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Navalny returned to Russia in January, where he was immediately arrested, then sentenced to two-and-a-half years in a penal colony over an old embezzlement conviction. Russian court sentences Navalny ally Lyubov Sobol for trespass 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z On March 19, he was sentenced to 18 months hard labor in a penal colony. Opinion | These are the victims of repression in Belarus 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z She wrote on social media: “I’m tired of the complaining. He is in one of the best penal colonies in Russia.” Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny moved to prison sick ward as health worsens 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Now he is serving a 2½-year sentence in a harsh penal colony east of Moscow, after returning to Russia in January from Germany, where he spent months convalescing from his poisoning ordeal. How dissident Alexei Navalny's new standoff with Russia's Putin could play out 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z While the prison kept mass tourism at bay, the islands suffered severe environmental degradation from over a century of use as a penal colony. Mexico’s last island penal colony may now host cruise ships 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z While the prison kept mass tourism at bay, the islands suffered severe environmental degradation from over a century of use as a penal colony. Mexico’s last island penal colony may now host cruise ships 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Navalny was on his way to a penal colony to serve his prison sentence, a public commission said on Feb. 28, weeks after he returned to Russia after being poisoned. Kremlin critic Navalny moved from jail, whereabouts unknown - Navalny's Twitter cites lawyers 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z He was arrested after returning to Moscow from Germany in January and is now serving a new jail sentence in a Russian penal colony. Germany is main target of Russian disinformation, EU says 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z He was jailed on Feb. 2 for parole violations on what he says were politically motivated charges, and sent to a penal colony on Monday. U.S.and EU impose sanctions on Russia over Navalny poisoning, jailing 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Island penal colonies were used around the world starting in the 1700s as remote, escape-proof places to “rehabilitate” inmates through hard labor. Mexico’s last island penal colony may now host cruise ships 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Island penal colonies were used around the world starting in the 1700s as remote, escape-proof places to “rehabilitate” inmates through hard labor. Mexico’s last island penal colony may now host cruise ships 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z When Mr. Navalny returned to Russia after his treatment in Germany, he was promptly jailed for a parole violation in a case he has called fabricated, and now faces transport to a penal colony. How Investigative Journalism Flourished in Hostile Russia 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Under Russia’s criminal justice system, transferring an inmate to the penal colonies is a lengthy process of travel on a specialized prisoner train wagon. Russian Court Clears Way to Send Navalny to a Penal Colony 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z But a court in Russia’s northwestern Karelia region in September abruptly added a decade to his sentence and said he would be held in a high-security penal colony. Jailed Russian Gulag historian to appeal against long jail term 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Navalny was sentenced this month to two years and eight months in a penal colony for alleged probation violations, but his lawyers have said he doesn’t face additional jail time on the libel charge. For Kremlin critic Navalny, 10 hours in court and more ahead over alleged defamation of veteran 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Short sentences in Russia are served in jails while most longer terms are served in penal colonies. Severe Punishment Awaits Protesters in Russia, Kremlin Says 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Australia Day, on Jan. 26, marks the date that a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbor in 1788 to start a penal colony. Day of Celebration or Mourning? Australia Grapples With Its National Holiday 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Australia Day marks the date the British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788 to start a penal colony, viewing the land as unoccupied despite encountering settlements. Stolen but not silent: Indigenous Australians protest national celebrations 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z The feat earned him the Papillon name, after the eponymous character of Henri Charrière’s book about escaping from a French penal colony. Italian prosecutors investigate alleged mistreatment of 'escape genius' bear 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The epic story of Henri Papillon Charrière, framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Movies on TV this week: 'Dances with Wolves' on Encore 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Six were given sentences, three of them suspended, of between six and seven years in a penal colony, mostly in line with what prosecutors had demanded. Chat Group Becomes Target of Moscow’s Wrath as Security Crackdown Widens 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z He is one of almost 100 criminals living on Gorgona – Italy’s only remaining penal colony. Gorgona: Italy's last penal colony where 100 criminals care for 180 farm animals 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z He now oversees, under the lockdown rules, what may be the country’s most intrusive bureaucracy since its days as a penal colony. What Lockdown 2.0 Looks Like: Harsher Rules, Deeper Confusion 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Prisoners in Russia’s penal colonies sometimes perform acts of self-harm as an act of protest. Fire at Siberian penal colony after riot sparked by claims of brutality 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z In Russia, the political prisoners include 26 Jehovah’s Witnesses in pretrial detention and eight in penal colonies. Opinion | The pandemic threatens imprisoned dissidents and journalists everywhere. They must be freed. 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z But that prison, penal colony number six in the Bryansk region, south-west of Moscow, is known to many people. Dead within three hours of arrival at a Russian prison 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z A court in the city of Penza sentenced the men - said to be part of a group known as Set, meaning Network - to between six and 18 years in penal colonies. Russia 'Set' activists jailed on terror charges 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z But in October, a Russian court sentenced Ms. Issachar to seven and a half years in prison on drug possession and smuggling charges, and she was sent to a penal colony. Putin Pardons American-Israeli Swept Up in Geopolitical Game 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z And none of us is looking for a one-way ticket to the penal colony salt mines of Haldovar Seven. The night markets of Mellador 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z These prison guards watched as an inmate submerged himself at a high-security penal colony in Omsk. Orthodox Christians take an icy dip for Epiphany 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Most of the time, though, something happens with the cameras - they just stop working, as indeed was the case with the attack on Roman Sarychev in penal colony number six. Dead within three hours of arrival at a Russian prison 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z The light dimmed for the natives known as the Palawa in the late 1700s, when the British established a penal colony for convicted outcasts at Sydney harbor and looked south for more land to conquer. On land, Australia’s rising heat is ‘apocalyptic.’ In the ocean, it’s even worse. 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Sadly, “enemy of the people,” the vicious Stalin-era label that led to arbitrary arrest, followed by penal colony banishment or execution, appears to be used more and more often as a companion to “fake news.” Opinion | The number of journalists imprisoned remains at record highs. Trump isn’t helping. 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z “I would rather that this last penal colony shut down to make the conditions better right now for those inside,” says Hylton. Rikers 2.0: inside the battle to build four new prisons in New York City 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The return address was IK-11, a penal colony in the Russian town of Bor that is said to be reserved for former law enforcement and intelligence officers convicted of serious crimes. Germany Says Russia Is Suspected in Berlin Assassination 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Sarychev was transferred to the penal colony at 19:40 on 8 December last year. Dead within three hours of arrival at a Russian prison 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z An international spy teams with a flamboyant weapons dealer to escape from a penal colony and save his family. Movies on TV this week: 'The Wizard of Oz' on Thanksgiving and more 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z But also lost will be a garden sanctuary in the nation’s largest penal colony that has a remarkable track record for keeping inmates who have worked the soil there out of prison. The Secret Jailhouse Garden of Rikers Island 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Steele was just 17 years old in June 2010 when he was brought to Rikers Island, arguably America’s most notorious prison and the nation’s largest penal colony. Rikers 2.0: inside the battle to build four new prisons in New York City 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It is justice that has ostensibly brought Clare to this small penal colony in the first place. Review: Jennifer Kent's 'The Nightingale' is a brilliant, horrifying tale of revenge 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The sad reality, though, is that penal colony number six is far from unique - it's just one prison among hundreds that may hide similar grim secrets. Dead within three hours of arrival at a Russian prison 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z The commission criticized this year’s decision to close the Islas Marias penal colony, noting the island facility was the highest-rated among all federal prisons. Mexico prisons still dirty but less dangerous and crowded 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z If researchers' push for additional protections succeeds, the former penal colony would join a surprisingly long line of prisons turned nature reserves. Mexican ecologists push to transform prison island into nature reserve 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Off Mexico’s Pacific coast, journalists toured the now closed Islas Marias penal colony, which was last of a half dozen island prisons once scattered around Latin America. AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Islas Marias was the last of its kind, the final of a half dozen island penal colonies that were scattered around Latin America. Mexico’s last penal colony starts new life as nature center 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z On Monday, the courageous man who replaced Estemirova as the representative of the Memorial Human Rights Center in Chechnya, Oyub Titiev, was sentenced to four years in a penal colony on trumped-up drug charges. Opinion | The brutal leader of Chechnya goes after another monitor of his torture and abuse 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Mexico will close its infamous Isla Marias prison, the last island penal colony in a hemisphere once dotted with island jails. World Digest: Feb. 18, 2019 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z A judge at the district court said the six years in a penal colony was a "minimal sentence", local news site Oryol Novosti reported. Russia jails 'extremist' Jehovah's Witness 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The British colonisation did nothing to alter this, as the establishment of a penal colony in the Andamans led to reckless deforestation that the tribes people fiercely resisted. The lesson from this missionary’s death? Leave the Sentinelese alone | Ajay Saini 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z When it closed in February, the penal colony housed just 659 prisoners. Mexico’s last penal colony starts new life as nature center 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z In 1858, repelling bows and arrows with gunfire, British officials established a penal colony on South Andaman Island, now the town of Port Blair. The American Killed by Asian Islanders Hoped to Save Their Souls 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z They were used by British colonial rulers as a penal colony. A remote Indian island, a tribe that prefers to be left alone, and the death of an American missionary 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Polls suggest 63 to 75% of voters will opt against breaking away from France, which claimed the islands in 1853 and once used them as a penal colony. New Caledonia votes on independence from France in landmark test 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z France first claimed the islands in 1853 and once used them as a penal colony. French territory votes on independence 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z He held a 145-day hunger strike earlier this year to oppose his imprisonment in a penal colony in Russia’s far north and Moscow’s refusal to extradite him to his native Ukraine. Jailed Ukrainian film-maker Oleg Sentsov wins Sakharov prize 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z “In Russian penal colonies, torture isn’t an exception to the rule; it is the system. This goes on every day, every week, every month,” he said. Valeri Pshenichny death, Russia prison torture videos spark UN probe 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z A safecracker framed for murder and an eccentric counterfeiter plot to escape the infamous French penal colony Devil's Island. L.A. movie openings, Aug. 22-24 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Within days, the video went viral, and an outpouring of more accusations of torture in Russia’s notorious penal colonies and prisons emerged. Russia takes steps to punish prison torture after brutal beating captured on video 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z She lived as an author in the United States and London before settling on Norfolk Island, a former British penal colony in the Pacific Ocean, which became home to descendants of the HMS Bounty mutineers. Author’s widower wins Australian court battle for estate 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The science historian Adrian Desmond wrote that “civilized Europe, for its part, was quite content to view Australia as a faunal backwater, a kind of palaeontological penal colony.” The Obsessive Search for the Tasmanian Tiger 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z She also complained that many Russians are indifferent toward reports of torture in penal colonies, which are known collectively as “The Zone.” Valeri Pshenichny death, Russia prison torture videos spark UN probe 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z When the World Cup started in Russia on June 14, Oleg Sentsov was on day 32 of his hunger strike in a northern Siberian penal colony. Ukrainian film director on hunger strike in a Russian prison casts dark cloud over World Cup 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z But for me, I’ve found ways to protest even inside penal colony, inside prison. Russia uncovered: writers on the World Cup host nation 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z One tableau features a gaunt and sooty man shoveling coal in what looks like the boiler room of a penal colony. In Brexit, Economic Reality Competes With Nostalgia for Bygone Days 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z “It seems like a set of rules aimed at a penal colony rather than an artists’ community,” said Michael Gorman, a Navajo silversmith and chairman of the portal committee. Plan on historic Native American artist portal draws fire 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Reports of torture are frequent, but video evidence of violence at penal colonies has been exceedingly rare — until now. Valeri Pshenichny death, Russia prison torture videos spark UN probe 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z In 1853, Napoleon III claimed the territory for France and it became a penal colony. New Caledonia sets date for independence referendum 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z How about penal colonies for the poor, say Kansas or Utah. Trump’s Vow on Welfare Faces an Uncertain Future 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z A year earlier, in another corner of the Pacific, the first prisoners were brought ashore at Botany Bay, in the British penal colony that would become Australia. The Brutal Story of How Europe Conquered the Pacific 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z In December 2016, an internet user was sentenced to two years in a penal colony for publishing an online article criticising Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria. Russian man sent to penal colony for insulting officials online 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Romanova, the prisoners’ rights advocate, said that only mass dismissals of penal colony staff and officials will eradicate the culture of torture in Russian penal colonies. Valeri Pshenichny death, Russia prison torture videos spark UN probe 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Johnson, who also served as a magistrate, wanted the unruly penal colony to become a model of Christian respectability. As Australia votes on same-sex marriage, church leaders fight back 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z He focused on the search for Stalin’s victims near the Solovki prison camp, one of the most notorious of the Russian penal colonies. An outspoken researcher of Stalin's crimes fights for his own fate and freedom in Russia 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z First, adventurers and whalers and convicts who’d served their time in the penal colony in Port Jackson turned up in Tahiti. The Brutal Story of How Europe Conquered the Pacific 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Australia may still have been a penal colony when Jane Austen was writing her novels, but two centuries on, Austen fans Down Under get together each year to recreate Regency England in Canberra. Jane Austen's worldwide fan club - BBC News 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z As a leader in the effort to free Ireland from England’s control he was convicted of sedition and sent to the British penal colony in Australia. NYC cemetery honoring Irish independence, US Civil War hero 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z "There is also no reason to sentence him to a fine ... I request that the court sentence him to 3.5 years in a penal colony." Russian prosecutor demands jail time for man who played Pokemon in church 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z And how could a prisoner held in a remote penal colony have aided in a hack that hangs like a dark cloud over last year’s U.S. presidential election? Imprisoned Russian pedophile appears to be linked to hack of DNC computers 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z And it consigns those convicted of taking another’s life to their own penal colony administered by a priestly caste. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Pavlov declined to identify his client or elaborate on the reason for the indictment for “betraying the state,” punishable by up to 20 years in a penal colony. Russian Charged With Treason Worked in Office Linked to Election Hacking 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Pavlov declined to identify his client or elaborate on the reason for the indictment for “betraying the state,” punishable by up to 20 years in a penal colony. 3 Russians charged with treason linked to U.S. election hacking 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z However, other inmates questioned independently by human rights workers at the penal colony corroborated Mr. Dadin’s claims. Ildar Dadin claims he was tortured, forced to shout ‘Putin is our president!’ at prison camp 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z He made headlines again when he was convicted a second time, on Feb. 14, 2013, for similar crimes and sentenced to more than 18 years in a penal colony. Imprisoned Russian pedophile appears to be linked to hack of DNC computers 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z He spent much of the next decade in a Siberian penal colony. How Rex Tillerson Changed His Tune on Russia and Came to Court Its Rulers 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Over time the institution morphed into a penal colony which was closed to outsiders until the 1980s. The Dutch prison crisis: A shortage of prisoners - BBC News 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z You’d be right in thinking an old penal colony would be the perfect place to hunt ghosts. A nightmare on each street: are these the world's most haunted cities? 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z A member of the Kremlin’s human rights council once compared conditions at the penal colony to a “concentration camp.” Ildar Dadin claims he was tortured, forced to shout ‘Putin is our president!’ at prison camp 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Sentsov is currently incarcerated at a strict penal colony in the Siberian region of Yakutia, some 3,500 miles from Ukraine’s capital, Kiev. Letter from jailed Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov smuggled out of prison 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Tasmania, a former penal colony off Australia’s southern tip, once relied on logging, mining and agriculture for sustenance. A Town Named for Bacon Considers Switching to Pie 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Many were interred in labor settlements and individuals were deported to penal colonies on the Andaman Islands. India’s Persecuted Tribes Mark a Separate Independence Day 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z A Chinese newspaper quickly fired back, saying Australia exists " 'at the fringes of civilization' and even getting in a jab about its infamous past as a British penal colony." 10 of the biggest political moments at the Rio Olympics 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Seventeen prisoners who took part in a rooftop protest against torture at a penal colony in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region are standing trial on charges of “mass riots.” Ildar Dadin claims he was tortured, forced to shout ‘Putin is our president!’ at prison camp 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Stephen Large is chief executive of the Port Arthur Historic Site, the former penal colony and world heritage-listed site where Bryant shot most of his victims. The town of Port Arthur wants to forget killer Martin Bryant - BBC News 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Used as a penal colony by the British Raj, the island chain was occupied by Japan for three years during World War II, a period that older islanders recall with dread. As India Collaborates With Japan on Islands, It Looks to Check China 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z It’s set in an offworld women’s penal colony where an avowedly misogynist future society sends its “non-compliant” women: killers, thieves and those who simply talk back. Framed! Meet the creators shaking up modern comics 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z And there are subtle hints at life inside the zone, the Russian penal colony system, such as a checkerboard drawn on a table with spilled sugar. Pussy Riot Video Mocks Russian Prosecutor Accused of Corruption 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Investigators say Dolgopolov will serve his sentence in a strict penal colony. Former Zenit player found guilty of beating wife to death 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Performing “Fixation” in the glittery, commercial heart of contemporary Moscow was Mr. Pavlensky’s commentary on the voluntary submission of Russian men and likened Mr. Putin’s rule to a penal colony. Russian Artist Sets Security Service’s Door on Fire 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Spain eventually converted the island into a penal colony. Cuba’s island of broken dreams 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Australia’s roots as a penal colony are well-founded. Why New Zealand and Australia Dominate Rugby 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z For her pains she was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. Putin v Punk Pussy 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z In 1856 the British government, looking to abandon its infamous penal colony on Norfolk Island, then constitutionally a part of Tasmania, offered the island to the Pitcairners. 'We're not Australian': Norfolk Islanders adjust to shock of takeover by mainland 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Air Force, when he was captured on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao and sent eventually to Davao penal colony. Japan's views of WWII history rankles some US veterans 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z She performs a Soviet-era lament about New Year's Eve in a penal colony which, much to the audience's delight, contains a number of powerful swear words. Russia's most daring theatre company 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Michael O’Laughlen was sent to a penal colony off Key West, Florida, where he eventually died of Yellow Fever. The Men Behind President Lincoln’s Assassination 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z In 2009, they were cleared for release, but congressional opposition to transferring detainees, let alone closing the penal colony, stalled the process. After years in Guantanamo, ex-detainees find little solace in Uruguay 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z He told Albats that he worried he wouldn’t be able to withstand a stint in a Russian penal colony. After Boris Nemtsov’s Assassination, ‘There Are No Longer Any Limits’ 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Her great-great-grandfather was sent, at age 15, from Dublin to the vast penal colony on the Australian island of Van Diemen’s Land. ‘The Invisible History of the Human Race’ Provides Transparency on Our Genetic Heritage 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The practice didn’t become standard until 1890, when Harry Sharp, a doctor working at penal colony in Jefferson, Indiana, began performing vasectomies on human subjects. The kindest cut: my journey into the nether regions of male birth control 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z He wasn’t a citizen of the penal colony, or the state to which it belonged. Reading group: searching for meaning in Kafka 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Populated for thousands of years by indigenous tribes, the Andamans were used as a penal colony by the British until the Japanese invasion in 1942. From outpost to springboard 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Parts of the wartime penal colony, intended to keep detainees only temporarily, are fraying. Decaying Guantánamo Defies Closing Plans 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z GORGONA, Italy — The inmates of the penal colony on Gorgona, the northernmost island in the Tuscan archipelago, are not normally allowed to drink alcohol. Prisoners in Gorgona Learn the Art of Winemaking 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z There is also, of course, the link with convicts and the British policy of setting up penal colonies in Australia. The rise and fall of Australian slang 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Russian writer Anton Chekhov noted in 1895 that the strong blizzards on the island of Sakhalin, once home to a Russian penal colony, were a “friend” to the resident convicts, killing several soldiers. Avalanche hotspot revealed 2014-05-07T17:20:17.513Z Begins reporting on an escalating tussle between two major Russian cybercriminals that ultimately led to one of them being sentenced to two and half years in a Russian penal colony. Reporting From the Web’s Underbelly 2014-02-17T03:45:19Z Australia Day commemorates the arrival in Sydney Harbour of the so-called First Fleet from Britain, 11 ships under the command of Captain Arthur Philip tasked with establishing a penal colony. Retailers Yank 'Australia Day' T-Shirts 2014-01-09T10:52:25Z When Mr. Frescobaldi signed on, in 2012, the justice ministry was considering closing the prison, Italy’s only remaining island penal colony. Prisoners in Gorgona Learn the Art of Winemaking 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Khodorkovsky was released from a penal colony in northern Russia later that night and flown to Berlin, where he held a news conference on Sunday. Member of Russian Punk Band Freed Under Amnesty Law 2013-12-23T08:03:02Z Khodorkovsky left the penal colony where he was being held, in the Karelia region of north-western Russia close to the Finnish border, early on Friday afternoon. Freed Khodorkovsky reunited with son 2013-12-21T10:39:28Z This could have meant incarceration for yet another decade in some remote and snowy penal colony. What fate awaits Khodorkovsky? 2013-12-20T20:08:39Z Mr Khodorkovsky left the penal colony where he was being held, in the Karelia region of north-western Russia, early on Friday afternoon. Khodorkovsky 'flying to Germany' 2013-12-20T13:22:57Z The pair are serving their sentences in separate penal colonies a long way east of Moscow. Russia reviews Pussy Riot verdicts 2013-12-12T10:16:22Z Mandela was kept isolated and was not allowed to play in the prisoners’ soccer league on Robben Island, a harsh penal colony off Cape Town where he spent 18 of his 27 years in incarceration. Essay: Resistance, and Healing, Through Sports 2013-12-06T01:37:29Z He was sentenced to 10 years in a maximum-security penal colony. Bolshoi star jailed for acid attack 2013-12-03T18:46:56Z She had been on hunger strike at a penal colony in Mordovia. Pussy Riot prisoner 'gone missing' 2013-11-02T11:45:42Z Academics have even consulted records of people transported from England to penal colonies in Australia. Economic history: Did living standards improve during the Industrial Revolution? 2013-09-13T13:43:29Z Pomazun will serve the sentence in a penal colony under a harsh regime. Russia gunman jailed for killing six 2013-08-23T10:41:45Z Mandela spent 27 years in prison under white minority rule, including 18 years at the notorious Robben Island penal colony. Mandela making 'slow but steady' improvement, government says 2013-08-11T13:07:54Z Four years earlier, he was released after 27 years in prison under white minority rule, 18 of them at the notorious Robben Island penal colony. Nelson Mandela's health improving by the day, his daughter says 2013-08-10T13:16:44Z Russia’s infamous penal colonies, rural camps swirled in barbed wire, appear today much as they did when Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote “The Gulag Archipelago” in the 1960s. Russia’s Stimulus Plan: Open the Gulag Gates 2013-08-09T02:29:10Z Russian penal colonies never were, and are not, conducive to feeling better, especially after 10 years. Russian court trims ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky's jail term 2013-08-06T14:31:58Z Both women are due to be released from their penal colonies next year; both are eligible for parole already. Pussy Riot member denied parole 2013-07-26T09:37:37Z The judges said Khodorkovsky's rights were breached because he was sent to a penal colony far from Moscow, and because among other things the defence was not allowed to bring its own experts as witnesses. Mixed ruling in Khodorkovsky case 2013-07-25T10:33:25Z "Charges against two Russian business executives had a sound basis, but the hearing of their case was unfair, and their placement in remote penal colonies unjustified," the Strasbourg-based court said. European court says Russia's Khodorkovsky case not political 2013-07-25T10:00:44Z In his first year in a penal colony in Siberia, the former oil tycoon Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky was stabbed in the face with a shank, or homemade knife. Russia’s Stimulus Plan: Open the Gulag Gates 2013-08-09T02:29:10Z On Robben Island, Obama will once again visit Mandela's cell in the former penal colony, repeating a previous visit he made as a U.S. senator in 2006. Obama visits Mandela's former jail before Africa speech 2013-06-30T11:17:23Z Prisoners eat a meal during a work break at a penal colony settlement to the northeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Day in pictures: 7 June 2013 2013-06-07T14:49:21Z How could this be explained when 2 mothers are now in penal colonies and the woman who has no children is free? Inside the Pussy Riot Split 2013-05-08T08:45:00Z Last week, she was denied parole from her two-year sentence in a penal colony south-east of Moscow. VIDEO: Pussy Riot member 'more mature' 2013-05-03T14:16:55Z Russian sovereignty of the Kuril Islands is disputed by Japan, while Sakhalin is the site of a former Tsarist penal colony. Cyprus crisis: politicians race to agree details of 'plan B' 2013-03-21T18:13:56Z A convicted murderer escaped from a Russian penal colony aboard a hijacked helicopter last year, but he was captured a few hours later. Daring prison break: Quebec inmates escape in hijacked helicopter 2013-03-18T17:06:00Z A nostalgic reporter’s notebook of life among the cafe philosophers, berated musicians and pseudo-revolutionary artistes, it danced with digressions about taxes, restaurants, the guillotine, Hemingway, Charles de Gaulle and the Devil’s Island penal colony. Stanley Karnow, Historian and Journalist, Is Dead at 87 2013-01-28T01:13:32Z While the average voter is kept in the dark, America is fast becoming a penal colony. An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind 2012-12-06T23:35:55Z Last summer, three of the performers were sentenced to two years in a penal colony. | Europe: Russian Court Seeks to Ban Pussy Riot’s Videos 2012-11-30T06:06:53Z Maria Alyokhina was moved to a solitary cell of the Berezniki penal colony in Perm, in the Urals, at her own request, prison officials said. Pussy Riot woman in solitary cell 2012-11-23T12:26:41Z They had also cited health and safety concerns at far-flung penal colonies. Russia's jailed punk rock band members sent to prison camps 2012-10-22T11:48:54Z Still, worrisome human-rights accusations continue to surface—such as recent reports that male prisoners in Lukashenko’s penal colonies were being forced to spend hours standing naked in freezing cells. A Dictator in Minsk 2012-10-01T05:00:00Z A penal colony for murderers - 'life on Mars'As long as we don't get our government to run things or we'd be dithering about where to build the runway to land on 25 years from now. Viewpoint: Should we send humans to Mars? 2012-09-22T03:28:15Z "Nadya will supposedly be transferred to the most infamous penal colony," he said. ArtsBeat: An Award and More Support for Pussy Riot 2012-09-21T20:52:37Z The transportation stage from Moscow to a penal colony, known as the “etap” and filled with its own hazing rituals, is what rights defenders fear most. Pussy Riot Fear for Lives 2012-09-19T08:45:00Z Cricket, which spread with the British Empire, became a favored Australian method of getting payback on the English who once used their land as a penal colony. Column: Not-So-Great Britain learning to win again 2012-09-12T20:17:11Z She said they were being sent to a "penal colony for ... a 40-second performance extolling their political opinions". Russian police pursuing other members of female punk rock band 2012-08-20T14:09:01Z Acknowledged as one of the most influential critics of his generation, he was also known for The Fatal Shore, his 1987 book which studied Australia's roots as a British penal colony. Robert Hughes: 'He took no prisoners' 2012-08-07T13:43:42Z His wife and the other women "are a bit worried about how the conditions will be in the penal colony," Mr. Verzilov acknowledged. ArtsBeat: An Award and More Support for Pussy Riot 2012-09-21T20:52:37Z His ancestors included a superintendent of convicts at the penal colony there as well as a mayor of Sydney. Acerbic Art Critic Who Wrote 'The Fatal Shore' 2012-08-07T03:09:36Z A recent Al Jazeera documentary said they are part of China's vast network of work farms and forced-labor prisons - "the biggest penal colony in the world" - that is collectively known as the "laogai." IHT Rendezvous: China Sends Two to Labor Camp for Marching in Hong Kong 2012-07-26T05:13:36Z Last year, one of the operatives in Roman Kuznetsov case was arrested and found guilty of possessing heroin and hashish and sentenced to six months in a penal colony. Russian police accused of framing drugs suspects 2012-07-04T01:51:20Z The Andamans were used by the British in the 19th century as penal colonies. IHT Rendezvous: An Island's Other Fear - a Tsunami of Civilization 2012-04-12T06:16:03Z He was convicted in a regional court on economic fraud charges — not related to the protests — and sentenced to five years in a penal colony. Sentences Linked to Protests Are Given in Moscow 2012-03-16T01:24:47Z A penal colony, it was argued, would not only hold troublesome convicts, but would serve as a place for employing members of the army suspected of plotting a revolt against the government. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He wrote on prison discipline and penal colonies, and illustrated the anti-Christian tendency of oaths. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z It is alleged that, at least ninety-five per cent. of the criminals transported from England to Australia and other penal colonies, became good and useful citizens in a new world. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Claimed by Britain in 1788 as a penal colony, Australia has been an agricultural exporter since convicts started clearing bush and scrub to grow wheat and rear livestock. Australia Selling the Farm as 20% Price Slump Lures Global Funds 2012-01-30T23:23:42Z For Germany, however, at least under her present political composition, the foundation of penal colonies oversea seems 88all but entirely impracticable. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Besides the desire to hold ground with historical associations, the government wanted a penal colony that would be a very long way from the capital. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z She accomplished a great work in the cause of Prison Reform, in ameliorating the Penal Code, and improving the condition of convict ships and penal colonies. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z One highly interesting establishment, deserving of universal imitation, is the penal colony for criminals sentenced to transportation for life from all parts of India, and known as "The Convict Settlement." Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Two thousand of the soldiers were slain; but no one knows how many times that number of insurgents perished in the fight or in penal colonies. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z In penal colonies, on the other hand, the convict works as much for his own benefit as for that of society. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Miyake, a small island in the Pacific, 120 miles south of Tokyo, was a penal colony from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. Residents of Miyake, Japan, Cling to Volcanic Home 2011-12-10T03:16:09Z Three Cuban patriots, Maceo, Rodriguez, and a third whose name is not of record, escaped from custody while they were being transferred from one penal colony in Spain to another. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z There was a period in which Chili maintained a penal colony here, but the convicts mutinied, and massacred the officers who had charge of them. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z In ways the setting recalls Robben Island, the apartheid South African penal colony that doubled as a university for leaders of the African National Congress. The Question of Barghouti: Is He a Mandela or an Arafat? 2011-07-17T06:35:00Z What may be made, however, of a valueless wilderness by means of compulsory labour, we have at this day an example of in the case of the first penal colony of New South Wales. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z They were put on trial at Dorchester Crown Court and sentenced to seven years transportation to an Australian penal colony. 'Record' Tolpuddle crowd expected 2011-07-17T11:09:56Z Besides this there is a report of forty-four men transported to the penal colonies of Africa. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z No attempt has been made since that time to re�stablish a penal colony on this island. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Last month, Khodorkovsky was sent to a penal colony in Segezh in the Karelia region, near Finland, after previously serving his sentence in a prison in the Chita region near the border with China. Kremlin Panel Backs Pardon for Economic Crimes, Khodorkovsky 2011-07-07T08:51:26Z The answers were delivered June 10, the day he was sent to an undisclosed penal colony. Khodorkovsky Says Corruption Means Russia Economy Needs $200 Oil 2011-06-16T05:08:44Z Russian penitentiary authorities offered a rare tour of this specialized penal colony recently with an eye to demonstrating that these inmates receive no privileges. In Russia, Prisons for Police Thrive 2011-05-29T02:05:44Z It was at this time that Lord Stanley conceived the notion of a new penal colony in North Australia, and it fell to his successor, Mr. Gladstone, to give it form and substance. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z What kind of a place is this, anyhow—a penal colony?” The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z A former British penal colony, the country attracted immigrants from Scotland and Ireland, which over the centuries fought on-again and off-again against the English throne. Royal Wedding's Far-Flung Audience 2011-04-28T00:50:07Z Her father was a Vietnamese intellectual who was arrested by the French and sent to Devil’s Island, the penal colony off French Guiana. Eat, Pray, Smear 2011-03-22T23:11:41Z |
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