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| rdfs:comment | - The prison's name is only tentative, and is known as such due to Alex Wesker's fondness of Franz Kafka's work In the Penal Colony.
- James T. Kirk expressed his concern to the Organians with how Klingons treat their subjects, during the mind-23rd century, saying the Organian people would "be far better off on a penal planet." During his visit to Deep Space 9 in 2369, Q referred to the station as "dreary little gulag" and commented that Benjamin Sisko was penalized there. (DS9: "Q-Less")
- Historically penal colonies have often been used for penal labour in an economically underdeveloped part of a state's (usually colonial) territories, and on a far larger scale than a prison farm. In practice such penal colonies may be little more than slave communities. The British, French, and other colonial empires heavily used North America and other parts of the world as penal colonies to varying degrees, sometimes under the guise of indentured servitude or similar arrangements.
- What to do with criminals is a problem for societies real and fictional. One common solution in times past and perhaps future is the Penal Colony. This is a self-contained society consisting mostly of prisoners and those who guard them, usually separated from the civilized world by natural barriers in addition to (or instead of) prison walls; in science fiction, it may be a whole Prison Planet whose Hat is an orange jumpsuit. Typically the prisoners will be required to do some sort of hard and dangerous labor; mining is a favorite in Science Fiction. Examples of Penal Colony include:
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| abstract | - What to do with criminals is a problem for societies real and fictional. One common solution in times past and perhaps future is the Penal Colony. This is a self-contained society consisting mostly of prisoners and those who guard them, usually separated from the civilized world by natural barriers in addition to (or instead of) prison walls; in science fiction, it may be a whole Prison Planet whose Hat is an orange jumpsuit. Typically the prisoners will be required to do some sort of hard and dangerous labor; mining is a favorite in Science Fiction. If the colony is fairly loosely controlled or has no guards at all, it will resemble a Wretched Hive, with the prisoners more or less running the place. The Penal Colony can be a rich source of story ideas; if you're recruiting for a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits, you might do it here. Revolutionary leader captured by The Empire and sent here? They may have to fight their way to the top of the prison hierarchy, then arrange an escape. Need a source of people you can dispose of without anyone caring? Have your Xenomorph invade the Penal Colony. Is the place too loosely supervised? If so, it may become a base of operations for the Big Bad. Compare Wretched Hive and Death World (which may be what separates the Penal Colony from civilization). Particularly inescapable ones can overlap with The Alcatraz or Phantom Zone. Examples of Penal Colony include:
- The prison's name is only tentative, and is known as such due to Alex Wesker's fondness of Franz Kafka's work In the Penal Colony.
- James T. Kirk expressed his concern to the Organians with how Klingons treat their subjects, during the mind-23rd century, saying the Organian people would "be far better off on a penal planet." During his visit to Deep Space 9 in 2369, Q referred to the station as "dreary little gulag" and commented that Benjamin Sisko was penalized there. (DS9: "Q-Less")
- Historically penal colonies have often been used for penal labour in an economically underdeveloped part of a state's (usually colonial) territories, and on a far larger scale than a prison farm. In practice such penal colonies may be little more than slave communities. The British, French, and other colonial empires heavily used North America and other parts of the world as penal colonies to varying degrees, sometimes under the guise of indentured servitude or similar arrangements.
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