Having seen Papillon, I kept looking for Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman but I think they escaped. Before they were a notorious penal colony, the Iles de Salut (Islands of Salvation) provided French colonists with a welcome escape from the fever-ridden jungles of the Guiana mainland. Lying ten miles off the coastline, and swept by treacherous ocean currents, the trio of small islands provided a perfect isolated location for incarcerating criminals without danger or expense, since the shark-infested sea and the trackless jungles ashore precluded any possibility of escape. All three islands, popularly known as Devils Island, were used as a prison from 1852 to 1953. The ruins remind us how cruel human beings can be to other human beings.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:23:58 +0000
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