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Distro - Bagnards 

Alex Webb 

Until the mid twentieth century the colony of French Guiana was used by the French government as a kind of huge penal colony, to incarcerate their most violent criminals as well as to house political prisoners. Most notably Dreyfus was jailed there. The brutality and impregnability of the penatentiaries, consisting of a large work camp at St. Laurent du Maroni as well several isolated islands -- St. Joseph, Royale, and Diable -- were mythologized in the partially fictitious book Papillon, which was made into a popular feature movie. Numerous escapes were attempted, usually resulting in capture... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni. 2005. The penitentiary.... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Ile St. Joseph. 2005. Penitentiary overgrown by... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. 2005. Ile Royale penitentiary.

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FRENCH GUYANA. Ile St. Joseph. 2005. Penitentiary overgrown by... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Ile St. Joseph. 2005. Penitentiary overgrown by... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni. 2005. The penitentiary.... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni. 2005. The penitentiary.... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Ile St. Joseph. 2005. Penitentiary. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Kourou. 2005. Sleepy afternoon. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Mana. 2005. Dusk. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Kourou. 2005. Night. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Kourou. 2005. Night. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni. 2005. Night. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni, 2005. Festival outside... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Kourou. 2005. Brazilians. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni, 2005.

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni, 2005.

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FRENCH GUYANA. Mana. 2005.

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni, 2005. Festival.

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni, 2005. Along the river. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Cayenne. 2005.

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FRENCH GUYANA. Kourou. 2005.

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FRENCH GUYANA. Mana. 2005. Party hats. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Cayenne. 2005.

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FRENCH GUYANA. Javouhey. 2005. Hmong village.

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FRENCH GUYANA. Javouhey. 2005. Hmong village.

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent du Maroni, 2005. Festival. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. St. Laurent. 2005. Festival. Surinamese photographer... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Kourou. 2005. Old lighthouse used for contacting... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Mana. 2005. Indigenous peoples hanging out at... 

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SURINAME. Paramaribo. 2005. Dusk. 

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SURINAME. Paramaribo. 2005. The harbor. 

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SURINAME. Paramaribo. 2005. Mosque. Suriname has an eclectic... 

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SURINAME. New Amsterdam. 2005. Waiting for the boat to Paramaribo.... 

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SURINAME. Paramaribo. 2005. Old frame houses that Paramaribo... 

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SURINAME. Paramaribo. 2005. In the harbor. Brazilian fishermen.... 

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SURINAME. Marienburg. 2005. Abandoned sugar plantation. 

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SURINAME. Paramaribo. 2005. Old frame houses. 

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SURINAME. Paramaribo. 2005.

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TRINIDAD. Port of Spain. 2005. In the port.

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TRINIDAD. San Fernando. 2005. The old port. Fishermen and others.... 

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TRINIDAD. San Fernando. 2005. The old port. Fishermen and others.... 

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TRINIDAD. San Fernando. 2005. The old port. Fishermen and others.... 

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TRINIDAD. San Fernando. 2005. The old port. Fishermen and others.... 

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TRINIDAD. San Fernando. 2005.

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TRINIDAD. Caguanas. 2005. East Indian community; Trinidad has... 

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TRINIDAD. Caguanas. 2005. East Indian community; Trinidad has... 

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TRINIDAD. Hanuman. 2005. Temple. 

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TRINIDAD. 2005. East Indian funeral near a Temple by the Sea.... 

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TRINIDAD. Port of Spain, 2005. Inside a Salvation Army shelter.... 

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TRINIDAD. Port of Spain, 2005. Downtown Port of spain; this part... 

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TRINIDAD. Port of Spain, 2005.

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TRINIDAD. Port of Spain, 2005. Downtown Port of spain; this part... 

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TRINIDAD. Port of Spain, 2005. The Brooklyn bar. 

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TRINIDAD. Port of Spain, 2005. 

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TRINIDAD. San Fernando, 2005. The old port. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. 2005. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Ile St. Joseph. 2005. Penitentiary overgrown by... 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Ile Royale. 2005. Drawings made by prisoners. 

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FRENCH GUYANA. Ile Royale. 2005. Tourists visiting the penitentiary.... 
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