Penal Colonies: Clearing Away the Undesirables

[@IntotheShadows]

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[@phomo561]

Keeps helps men keep their hair - it’s a pity Fact Boy is too stubborn to receive assistance 😂🤣🥲

[@Fifi-ql3zc]

SIMON????????? WHY DO YOU CHANNELS NO LONGER HAVE SUBTITLES????????

[@randyross5630]

That's what the Left wants, so they are now projecting that's what the Right wants. Scary to understand these facilities are being Constructed Across the US with the Paper Trail on how to operate them under x amount of circumstances, and now those circumstances are the alleged domestic enemies, the Conspiracy Theorist!

[@randyross5630]

Criminals, Highlanders, one and the same to the English Crown - Low Landers! Two Highland Clearances, what Crimes! Destroying a People once Sovereign for thousands of years!

[@randyross5630]

6 Ross' in the 1650s were sent to Massachusetts as indentured Servants, the English Crown was far harasser on them, than the Rest of the Captured Rebels, because the Ross' were Cousins to the Crown, so the captured Ross' were punished all the more harsh.

[@minnagrey3469]

It’s amazing how many people in Australia (where I live) are descendants of convicts, I found out a few years ago I am descended from an Irish cabbage thief just trying to feed his family

[@EAcapuccino]

That was a victorian era class and justice system For you 😡🤬 If I was born in the 1800s I'd Likley be an aussie too, Truancy and petty theft. When I was 14! ⛓️ Yes, most white Australians are of descendents of convicts charged by DRACONIAN laws

[@bobcosmic]

Before Australia it was America but when the colonies started to uprise , the British then turned to shipping their so called undesirables to Australia !

[@EAcapuccino]

@@bobcosmic yes yes I watched the whole video 😊 Could have been American or Jamaican too etc etc haha

[@bobcosmic]

@@EAcapuccino Let’s not leave out those pirates of the Caribbean oh yes Henry Morgan was told to stay in Jamaica and not to return & was made Governor General of the Island !

[@EAcapuccino]

@@bobcosmic ha! He got lucky! 1 of very few! He would become a privateer or - state sponsored pirate - and be spared the gallows... ☠️⚰️

[@pennybowen3801]

Six of my ancestors were convicts sent to Australia one of whom was a woman on the first fleet. To have a first fleeter whether a convict or free settler is seen as quite prestigious in Australia. I am very proud of my convict ancestors.

[@jackmonty666]

Honestly no one really cares here.... Maybe some old money free settler/colonizer descendants care, but only because they profited off cheap prison labor and are now a wealthy upper class.

[@БрусЛи-м3ю]

Do you know what your ancestors did/why they were prisoners?

[@pennybowen3801]

One deserted from the army the rest larceny

[@БрусЛи-м3ю]

@@pennybowen3801 so cool that you have that background history! 👍🏻

[@pennybowen3801]

My family are not from old money my generation (baby boomer) were the first generation where a few of us went to university. My family were mostly blue collar workers which I think is a reflection of our past.

[@thomasmoeller3446]

When visiting Australia and the customs agent asks if you have any criminal convictions, DO NOT answer with "Why, is that still required?" They do not like that.

[@greatexpectations6577]

Lol

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Smart-assery isn't appreciated anywhere. The old response of "lighten up, it's just a joke" is often used to excuse this snide rudeness.

[@thomasmoeller3446]

@@owenshebbeare2999 Sounds like someone has personal experience here. Lighten up already. The joke was a joke. On a side note, entering the USA I did get a laugh out of a customs agent when I asked if they accepted Hawaiian currency. (Hawaiian currency is the same as the rest of the US currency.)

[@tallaganda83]

There are only so many times a customs/immigration officer can endure rubbish jokes.

[@AnonymousOregonian]

That question just sets itself up for that joke.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:15 - Chapter 1 - Penal colonies 4:05 - Chapter 2 - Earliest penal colonies 5:10 - Chapter 3 - America 7:45 - Chapter 4 - Australia 10:15 - Chapter 5 - France & her penal colonies 13:25 - Chapter 6 - Around the world 15:20 - Chapter 7 - The gulags 17:10 - Chapter 8 - Modern day

[@atomicdeath10]

Hearing "Botany Bay" brought back some memories. Now I have to watch The Wrath of Khan again.

[@scottbeckes6319]

This *is* Ceti Alpha V!

[@wmc4920]

here in the Philippines there are 7 that are still operating (today) as i recall.. in zamboanga est. 1869 (mindanao), iwahig est 1904's (in palawan, away from the tourists places) and the lagest one is in davao. thank you for the update :) into the shadows usually do updates in wed-thurs

[@MisF1998]

Thank you for mentioning that. I was surprised to hear that we had and still have penal colonies. I wished for Simon to expand that part a bit but thanks to your comment, now I know.

[@trj1442]

Another excellent episode, thankyou. May I suggest an episode of the tragic voyage of the Dutch ship Batavia? I think it would be a good story for this channel.

[@M0rshu64]

Simon's face in the thumbnail would make a decent meme or two. Also he never actually lost his hair, it just migrated down to his face.

[@HiHello-Opd]

There should be a biographic video for Simon, a top tenz list of top tenz video, a geographic for where he flimsy these videos, a side projects for Beard Blaze, a mega projects for running all these channels, and an Into the Shadows about how Simon caught and captured Danny and Sam in the basement....maybe it should be a Casual Criminalist.

[@batticusmanacleas510]

Well said

[@patpierce4854]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍

[@blackhat4206]

He knows not to write down his alleged crimes, let alone record them. Allegedly.

[@elaishh3533]

How good is this channel? So good a hair loss company will have a bald host pitch their product! 🤣 love all of his work 👍🏼

[@markelly-de1hy]

So glad I'm not the only one who saw the humor in that sponsorship!

[@aveqenthusiast]

Nah the michael steven looking fine gentleman is cool

[@SirAshford]

Ah, good old México. My country just had to keep this practice alive to this very day. Was wondering if we were going to be mentioned, and yes we were indeed.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

Thank you for mentioning the difference between Georgia and other penal colonies in the Americas (Maryland and Virginia). The main difference was that Georgia was only for debtors and they had a choice: stay in jail in England until their debt was paid off or go to Georgia. Granted, it was a Hobson's choice, but it was still a choice rather than a sentence.

[@nobody8328]

Only someone desperate to escape their current condition would have willingly come to Georgia before AC and malaria control. They had no choice but to send prisoners and the destitute if they wanted to claim this area

[@hectorsmommy1717]

@@nobody8328 Agreed. My point was that, contrary to popular belief, they only offered the chance to debtors, not to criminals.

[@CashelOConnolly]

Still eventually took up slavery though

[@heckpeanuts]

Are you my new mom? Lol my name's Hector

[@Ryanbmc4]

@@CashelOConnolly this may blow your mind, but so did the rest of the rest of the world have slaves at the time. It still exists today, but for some reason people like to fixate on the past. We are communicating with devices made by slaves right now and noone cares about that.

[@cocainecarl7814]

Many people from my family were sent to Siberia, many never came back. Bein anti-soviet is just a label used for a wide variety of criteria which included something as basic as owning a little land, having family members in the resistance, being snitched on by an angry neighbor, and many more that got you sent to some of the coldest and most remote places on the planet, with sometimes nothing else but what you were wearing when you were picked up and no idea as to where you are going or if you'd ever see your family again. RIP and shall communism never happen again!

[@gomahklawm4446]

Started by the Tzars...that part is always left out and was a big reason so many rebelled.

[@Reconing1]

@@gomahklawm4446 But the Tsars penal colonies were nothing as bad as Stalin’s colonies. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

[@a2pabmb2]

Well unfortunately authoritarianism is still alive and well because people who should know better blame things like economic ideas rather than the fascist fucks who ordered killings in the name of (and often in contradiction to) those ideas.

[@pouncepounce7417]

@@a2pabmb2 Communism though is unique in that it promotes equality and 100% never delivered but went at breathneck speed to dictatorship as soon established.

[@cocainecarl7814]

@@pouncepounce7417 ''All animals are equal but some are more equal than others''

[@n00n1n]

There's no escape from Simon Whistler videos!! Seems like every other video I watch has Simon Whistler in it. Simon Whistler haunts my dreams now.

[@expandedhistory]

Another outstanding video! It’s unknown stories like this that makes history so fascinating and a passion to learn. Thank you for inspiring me to make history videos on KZbin! Hopefully it’s just as good as yours!

[@sethkoch7921]

Your channel looks very new but your videos are absolutely amazing and great content. Very underrated, you have a lot of potential! Keep the work up!

[@expandedhistory]

@@sethkoch7921 Thank you! Just trying to make quality content of history!

[@TeddyKrimsony]

they're intentionally kept unpopular so the west can maintain the good vs bad narrative

[@JatPhenshllem]

@@sethkoch7921 Hmm... seems like an alternative account

[@EAcapuccino]

Australia🇦🇺 07:40 France🇫🇷10:10 Netherlands🇳🇱14:08 Latin America🌎 14:32 Soviet Goulags - 15:01 Present 17:10 Urgh These were the days For the absolute minor of infractions even by victorian era standards! Age or gender doesn't matter But class always did ☹️😞 If I was born in that time, I would likely become an Australian or New Zealander Truancy, theft and misbehaving? Yes I did those - when I was 14 years old ⛓️ - 2006 -

[@breezus3928]

Alternative sub title: They Aren't Sending Their Best Thank you; I'm here all week!

[@billrose2202]

I can recommend reading Papillon. Amazing story. I didn't see the movie however.

[@thedudegrowsfood284]

Truly an interesting tour of history!

[@rolanddeschain9139]

Men were given the option to marry wives and start families.... Men: Nah, we're good. More rum, please!

[@EAcapuccino]

And when it's not chug chug chug! it's Bang bang bang! Day in day out! 😂😂

[@welshman8954]

They were wise men back in the day

[@heathergarnham9555]

The stories that are told about Norfolk Island, Port Arthur and Morton Bay are blood chilling

[@mktrollop1093]

Coming up to the 50th anniversary of bloody Sunday, how about tackling it in a video?

[@StefanMedici]

Australia's offshore detention centres run by private companies have to be considered penal colonies.

[@midnite_rambler]

I wondered if anyone would make this comment.

[@traqndimtrov2163]

Also guantanamo bay

[@jacuzzi.834-57]

The detention centres who are housing immigrants from former countries affected by colonial age intervention don't you mean?

[@raymondparnell439]

Wtf mate ...no ! They came here willingly so gsol is whete they belong. We came here as slaves. Wtf are you talkn about. 😂

[@PopllFixit]

You're close but, not quite dead on regarding Australia, you left out a small but significant detail: The First Fleet did, in fact, sail to Botany Bay, on the word of Captain James Cook & botanist Joseph Banks. However, When the First Fleet arrived, they found the area "uninhabitable" so, they sailed north to Sydney Cove. It was here that the colony was established...

[@andrewallason4530]

Here in Tasmania ( old Van Diemen’s Land) there were many convicts who had actually been acquitted of any crime in their trial, but were still sentenced to transportation due to having some skill ( career or ‘hobby’ ) necessary to the colony. Most convicts, on arrival, were allocated to a work team (clearance of forests, road/bridge building, etc) or allocated to a free settler or emancipated convict given land grants, to assist them building a farm. There are many convicts who later became local constables and even magistrates. If a convict continued to ‘misbehave’ after transport they were then take to one of the establishments at Maria Island, Sarah Island and Port Arthur.

[@AusJimBob]

I must say, I hate the American representation of Australians as thieves or at the worst murderers/rapists sentenced to transportation. There are many that were political prisoners and others that were transported for the needs of the colony rather than actual criminality. I have a relative who was transported for theft of Venetian Blinds. Really odd thing to steal but he was a blind maker and ran his own business. Why would he need to steal something he could make... 🤔 very odd reason and he came on a later ship (1830's possibly) that was well after the first fleet.

[@brisman1963]

Thank you so much for all of your wonderfully informative videos Simon. Having said that, & not wishing to be in any way pernickety, for any viewers who aren't that familiar with Stalin's life & death, he actually passed away on the 5th of March, 1953.

[@ashproof]

Do you want Australians? Because this is how you get Australians.

[@danieljob3184]

Yeah, we are the thing people point at when some iron fisted type starts ranting about deporting all criminals!

[@chriszablocki2460]

Desirability is subjective. It seems like it's more about clearing out threats or dissention to an ever fluctuating power shift.

[@zacharylong7942]

Simon, I like your beard. It is... voluptuous.

[@ilarious5729]

This channel is educational not only due to content but also the comments, thanks for teaching me a new word lol

[@charliemills6955]

Simon also it’s a madness that u run 11 channels and release bangers very consistently

[@EAcapuccino]

Thankfully he always has a team and working camera to help. Him 😂😂

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

Hes up around 13 channels now I think

[@sandybarnes887]

@@alyssinwilliams4570 yup, 13

[@averyravenseye2651]

You should really be on the history channel or HBO something like that. You deserve so much more exposure.

[@jimcappa6815]

He can't be on the History Channel. He doesn't believe in aliens or ghosts 😂

[@averyravenseye2651]

@@jimcappa6815 that's a good point 😂

[@Tinhare]

Does the History Channel still do history. Last time I watched it was full of utter rubbish.

[@averyravenseye2651]

@@Tinhare it's fallen so low now imo.

[@WKRP187]

He has well over a million subscribers if you combine his channels and earns a nice living for him and his family and I'm sure employs a few more people... Hope he stays right here!!

[@NoMoreCrumbs]

The state of Georgia was also meant to serve as a buffer between English holdings and Spanish Florida, so if a war broke out the people most likely to die would be the poor and "undesirable"

[@jasonkeen3777]

Sounds about right.

[@VisibilityFoggy]

This ironically would still apply in some ways...

[@Amethyst_Dragon_]

Simon the King of youtube.. Great video King Simon and his basement crew..

[@tantivy221]

Awesome video as always. Thanks Simon.

[@alexc2265]

It’s literally “How about we take these people we don’t like and push them somewhere else?“

[@johninadl]

Glad you understood the whole concept.

[@richardcranium3579]

Not liking criminals would be a commonplace concept one would hope. Trying to soften that concept seems suspicious.

[@reggiep75]

Van Dieman's Land immediately had me thinking of Alexander Pearce and cannibalism. Interesting story.

[@midnite_rambler]

A Tale They Won't Believe - Weddings, Parties, Anything

[@robertthomson1587]

The First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay, but did not settle there. Governor Phillip very quickly decided to move north to Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) where there was a supply of fresh water, making it more suitable as the site of the city that was to become Sydney.

[@blairmarshall544]

Great see see you mention the Uyghurs! They need our help

[@nhdoom8368]

Simon, my algorithm regularly takes me between these videos and the earliest blaze. Having just seen your baby faced 2016 self, I have to say your beard is looking quite glorious. As a man who will inevitably lose his top mop, I hope to take a page out of your book in migrating that length to my chin. Cheers mate.

[@frankturner1506]

I love how you show the founding of my hometown as a detestable prison in a tropical location.

[@salt1956]

Brilliant video. Fascinating subject. Did you know that in 1872 the French sent political prisoners to the Isle of Pines in New Caledonia? I once visited the island on a luxury cruise of the South Pacific when I was told it was once a penal colony. I didn't know that. I looked around and saw nothing but absolute paradise. I remarked to the tour guide that the convicts must have thought they'd struck the jackpot when they arrived. She wasn't amused, telling me how the convicts suffered being so far away from their families. Right.

[@sophroniel]

Simon "Factboy" Whistler always tells the best bedtime stories

[@bartjohnson8139]

For an in-depth look into the Australian penal colonies read “the Fatal Shore” by Robert Hughes. Very well written.

[@rekadd]

thank you beard man for the sad learning

[@JamesWon6]

I'm just happy that little ol Veenhuizen is mentioned

[@the-chillian]

"You can use it in the privacy of your own home." I would hope so. I mean, how weird would it be if you were contractually obligated to use it in full view of the public at all times?

[@Zeppathy]

If everyone was required to do it, it would quickly become common practice. We have loads of bizarre practices that we do merely because other people did it too.

[@JamieCoville]

Man, the getting up and walking away is WEIRD. I'm so used to Subscribe and Smash that like button...

[@kushagrdixit]

Great video but would want to see the colonies such as the Andamans, South Africa, Carribean etc. where acquired subjects were sent.

[@charliemills6955]

As a citizen of the best penal colony there ever was I can say it’s pretty nice here down under

[@quasarsavage]

lol gotta go visit one day. here in California and I need to travel again

[@AiluridaeAureus]

Nice people, amazing sights to see, horrifying animals, atrocious government, directly caused by the overbearing actions and failures of the British Nation... Interesting parallels between Australia and the USA, huh?

[@glendownton]

@@AiluridaeAureus Fair summary. Our animals aren't actually that bad, we just like living off the mystique!

[@AiluridaeAureus]

@@glendownton People do exaggerate the lethality of Australia (y'know, to the point it's fun to tease tourists about the "dropbears"), but you've gotta admit, there's some crazy shit over there man. It's like something saw jellyfish, poison ivy and possums, and thought "Yeah that's cool, but what if we made... a version of that one that will make a prime minister disappear one day, make a version of that with crystal barbs that make you want to commit suicide, and make a version of that one that's huge, bipedal and hates dogs". It's not _as_ bad as people joke, but the rumors have a grain of truth to them.

[@glendownton]

@@AiluridaeAureus I mean ... it's not like you're going run into all those things at the same time ... :)

[@cbelger88]

How many channels do you need my man? Don't burn your self out I need my blaze

[@bullpupgaming708]

He's talking about penal colonies and all I can think about is the Simpsons episode where Abe Simpson said their family tree was kicked out of Australia and that has me dying laughing

[@mark_williamh1340]

Just googled "Simon Whistler with hair"... You're good without the Keeps, fact boy...

[@phomo561]

Lmao 😭😂😂😂😂🤣😅

[@ilarious5729]

I also like the fact that Google suggested "with hair" after typing in Simon Whistler

[@reallife3338]

Had to look after reading this 🤣🤣🤣🤣, yeah way better off

[@simongoddard7692]

😂😂😂😂

[@patriciapalmer1377]

PAPAILLION (butterfly, and his tattoo) the only successful escapee from infamous Devil's Island was in a riveting tv interview I saw 50 years ago. Steve McQueen played him in a blockbuster movie of the same name winning Dustin Hoffman an Oscar.

[@murrayscott9546]

Not a colony, per se, but the most exclusive " Club Fed " ever ; I bring you St. Helena !

[@ethanhauff8185]

video: AMERICA me: "hmm, i didnt know we had any particularly noteworthy penal colonies" simon: "while australia was certainly one of the largest, it certainly wasnt the first place britain decided to dump its criminals" me: "oh"

[@Librarian356]

Simon should start a series on into the shadows where he covers the various things soldiers have done to win medals of honor. Some are pretty boiler plate or dubious but some read like call of duty levels

[@VenomStryker]

Actually, serving out your term as an indentured servant sounds a lot better than a giant facility with thousands incarcerated together.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Thank you for mentioning the existence of those Uyghur canps

[@WaddedBliss]

Judge: I'm sending you away from cold and rainy Britain to live in a country where it's warm.. Me: Oh no! *laughing*

[@anncruz5668]

IDK if it makes me a bad person but I sort of consider N.Korea itself a penal colony...

[@EAcapuccino]

Yes for Any1 who isn't Kim Jong Un or his sister 😒

[@ilarious5729]

It kinda is, but only for the people who had the audacity to be born there in the first place

[@georgeedward1226]

The entire planet is on its way to becoming a penal colony. All for your own safety of course.

[@amandajones661]

Many people from Georgia use the early penal colony history as a badge of honor.

[@DeKrampus]

I was kind of wondering about the glossing over he was talking about. It must've started inside the last 20 years, because American penal colonies were taught as part of US history. I know a few Georgians that "live well" and point to their "criminal" ancestry, to show how far they've come.

[@justicar347]

Now it seems like people only want to bring up things like this when they want to say "white slavery" and "the Irish were slaves" to downplay the African slave trade.

[@Sedgewise47]

@@justicar347 “Downplay”??

[@justicar347]

@@Sedgewise47 The cliff notes version is, "Irish were slaves and were treated even worse then black people and got over it." That is what I meant by downplay.

[@raidenhi561]

@@justicar347I don’t think anyone mentioned slavery.

[@stephenhoward8433]

one of my ancestors was on the Scarborough when the first fleet came to Australia

[@joewagner934]

Speaking of Devil's Island, can you please do a Biographics video on Alfred Dreyfus?

[@issy7465]

One of my ancestors was transported to Australia for fish poaching. They came over on the infamous Second Fleet.

[@Erik_mit_K]

Make a Video on the Amber Room. That would be fittting.

[@OffRampTourist]

A good idea to forego "I hope you enjoyed...." on this one.

[@tobys_transport_videos]

There was so much more to the Australian Penal Colonies than Van Diemen's Land (not _"island"_) Norfolk Island, and Moreton Bay (Brisbane). Sydney was the first, and further settlements sprung up from there, such as Parramatta, Newcastle (Coal River), and others further north. There was also Melbourne (present day Williamstown), and later Perth. Only Adelaide never had convicts. Van Diemen's Land had Hobart initially, and later Macquarie Harbour and Sarah Island. Macquarie Harbour was said to have been a brutal place, and was closed in the late 1820s (IIRC) and the settlement moved around the coast to Port Arthur.

[@Derekzparty]

Keeps was also the motto of the penal colonies

[@brittanykaufman9394]

I found out that I'm a direct descendent of of 3 indentured servants. One was a 26 year old thieve who did his 7 years, married and fought in the Civil War for the Union. The other was a 16 year old girl who was pregnant and the 3rd was a 21 year old man who had to wear an 'iron collar' because he had escaped twice... All 3 were Irish.

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

I think the Moon and Mars will make great penal colonies once prisons are built there.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

Elon Musk would totally do something like that

[@richardcranium3579]

Elysium is on the way but the prisons won’t be up there

[@modernmyth9050]

"Clearing away the undesirables" Yes please!

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Great topic

[@estudiordl]

You say "Botany Bay" I only hear: Khaaaaaan!!!!! 🖖🤭

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@doclewis8927]

I find it very interesting how some places start as penal colonies UNTIL there's a discovery of some sort of resource that's valuable in one way or another.

[@craigroaring]

Problem is they only got rid of the poor undesirables. All the rich undesirables that were left, having more power than poor undesirables, ensured that the society remained a cesspool of corruption and greed.

[@joseabad9416]

Cabrera in Spain was a penal colony in Spain all the way to the end of the mandatory military service. Objectors of conscience (people who claimed not to agree with military service, were kept there for the entirety term of their conscription time, discharged dishonorably and with a criminal record (until the 1990's).

[@tss9886]

Anyone who has read Robert Heinlens novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, knows that the possibility of new penal colonies still exists.... just a bit farther away.

[@heathergarnham9555]

They didn't settle at Botany Bay, it's was considered unfit, so they went 'around' the corner to Port Jackson.

[@Foebane72]

I'm almost 51 and I still have a full head of hair, thankyouverymuch!

[@Dank-gb6jn]

DKM’s cover of “Fields of Athenry” is a great song about someone being shipped to a prison colony, (Botany Bay), after rebelling against the British Crown. Give it a listen.

[@josephschultz3301]

Don't forget Pete St. John, the original author! =D

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@josephschultz3301 I thought his was good, but something about DKM’s sound just made the song more emotive, and all around better for me. Like the Ataris’ cover of Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer”; the OG version is really good, but the rock cover is so much more.

[@josephschultz3301]

@@Dank-gb6jn No worries, yo. I love DKM. I was just giving the guy his due, you know? The Fields of Athenry, The Green Fields of France, Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced, The Auld Triangle, and Loyal to No One are all still in my current music rotation =D .

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@josephschultz3301 for sure. Out of all those listed, The Auld Triangle and Loyal to No One are the ones I haven’t listened to. I absolutely love their cover of Amazing Grace, it’s stunning.

[@juliahaynie764]

I think Sundowner laws in Oregon and other western states would be a good fit for this channel.

[@jamesa3818]

Actually one reason some people got to the Gulags was as simple as forgetting their ID cards when they did things as basic as being in the front of their house.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

do you have proof of that? it sounds more like capitalist propaganda

[@allgood6760]

Thanks 👍

[@alexpezza5272]

Many of the convicts sent to Australia actually prospered. If you behaved yourself, you could often procure a ticket of leave after as little as 2 years instead of the 7-14 given in the original sentence. Whilst this would not allow you to return to Britain, it would allow you to live freely and privately in the various colonies and provide an opportunity to break the cycle of poverty that would never have come about living in Britain.

[@manuell.ibarra9201]

Mexico's Maria Island was close a few years ago and turned into an ecological park. When it was a prison, and during its last 20 years, it was considered a low-security prison, where inmates from other prisons, with good behavior and no violent record, would request to be relocated. There, they could bring their families and would be granted a small house and even the possibility of having a small business. There were schools and a small hospital, among other facilities more properly of a community than of a prison.

[@masterkronixster]

Your shiny dome is doing this world a favor by reflecting the uv rays.

[@twocvbloke]

Penal colonies; When you can't be arsed to build a prison, just send 'em somewhere far, far away from you... :P

[@benlewis5312]

I'm not sure if this would count as a penal colony, but I'm surprised you didn't bring up Guantanamo Bay

[@AM-kr4pv]

I was JUST thinking that

[@ttun100]

Some still consider The Louisiana State Penitentiary aka, The Angola Plantation, a penal colony.

[@sandrag3854]

3:40 there's a lot going on in that artwork!

[@lisapop5219]

You forgot the British penal colonies of the Caribbean. Almost all of them didn't survive.

[@theawesomeman9821]

I used to think of Australia whenever I heard "penal colonies". Never knew before that other places had penal colonies.

[@heathergarnham9555]

There were also penal colonies inside Australia. You screwed up in Australia you went to Tasmania, or later Norfolk Island.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@heathergarnham9555 morbid but interesting

[@bunnygirl2448]

Wow! As an American, I was always taught that indentured servants signed a contract to work for free in exchange for the money it cost to give them passage by boat! I always thought that kind of seemed like a pretty bad deal on their ends to basically be a slave for seven years simply to come to America

[@ShiftingDrifter]

Indentured servitude was used in many ways to pay off heavy financial debts of early colonialists - many were associated with merchant marine sailors out of port cities like Boston and Philadelphia to sail around the dangerous South American Horn to and from the west coast, and included a two years of heavy labor in the sparse Californian trading camps.

[@svensshed1564]

My Grandmother used to say that half of our family came over on the decks of the ships (soldiers and police) and half came out in the hull (prisoners). Certainly explains a lot about my family to be honest

[@csonracsonra9962]

Well he's got some great writers and people on his team and he just read scripts, yeah dressed nicely in the air condition or heat with coffee nearby it's really hard isn't it... pretty f****** easy job 🤷 for him that is because he said he enjoyed doing that in school so.....

[@crimsonhalo13]

"And hoping to never see them again." *Australia was strongly amused by that.*

[@starkusmc1981]

Makes sense for Georgia after driving through Atlanta.