| For example, Pope Silverius was deposed by force and died in a penal colony. |
| In January 2002, the prisoners escaped from the high-security Novo Ulyanovsk penal colony. |
| Uzbek Government had no objection to members of the Committee visiting that penal colony if they so wished. |
| It was only towards the end of the 18th century that the British begin to colonize this fifth continent by building a penal colony. |
| Degraded and condemned to hard labour for life, Dreyfus was sent to the penal colony in Guyana on Devil's Island while proclaiming his innocence. |
| Krivov was sentenced to serve four years at a general regime penal colony for his fight for freedom and human rights. |
