penal colony
- n a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)
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- Second Pussy Riot Member Denied Parole Because She Refuses to 'Repent'
Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova will continue to serve her prison sentence in a Russian penal colony, as a court has denied her parole once again. CNN reports that the Supreme Court of the Mordovia region upheld an earlier ruling that refused an early release for the imprisoned punk activist...
July 26, 2013 - Spin