penal colony

noun

: a place where prisoners are sent to live

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Backed by Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the crime thriller is set in 1920s Singapore and follows a rookie detective investigating a murder on an offshore penal colony in Malaya, uncovering a secret botanical experiment in the process. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024 According to the court's decision, Spector must spend 15 years in a maximum security penal colony. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024 The presiding judge had decided Spector should now serve an overall 15-year sentence in a maximum-security penal colony as punishment for both cases on Tuesday, reported TASS, a Russian state news agency. —

Anastasia Bagaeva, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024 Gordon Black, 34, will serve three years and nine months in a Russian penal colony for theft and threats of murder charges alleged by his girlfriend, Alexandra Vashchuk. —

Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 19 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for penal colony