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smallest of the Iles du Salut, off French
Guiana, 43 km, 27 mi NW of Cayenne. The group
of islands was collectively and popularly
known by the name Devil's Island and formed a
penal colony notorious for its terrible
conditions.
Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned here 1895-99.
Political prisoners were held on Devil's
Island, and dangerous criminals on St Joseph,
where they were subdued by solitary
confinement in tiny cells or subterranean
cages. The largest island, Royale, now has a
tracking station for the French rocket site
at Kourou.