penal colony

noun

: a place where prisoners are sent to live

Examples of penal colony in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is no further mention of him until 1841, when he was convicted of forging a check and again sentenced to transportation to a penal colony, this time from the Australian mainland to Van Diemen’s Land, now known as Tasmania. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

In May 1980, two Kharkiv air traffic controllers were sentenced to 15 years each in a penal colony. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 27 June 2026

Adapted from Chalandon’s novel about a brutal children’s penal colony on Belle-Île in the 1930s, the film follows a teenage boy fleeing institutional violence after a mass escape. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 May 2026

From New York suburb to Russian penal colony Harold met Olga at a taco bar in Westchester, New York, in March 2017. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 May 2026