The penal colony of Cayenne, commonly known as Devil's Island, was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially closed in 1953, in the Salvation Islands of French Guiana. From Wikipedia
The facility, set to open in 2028 near the former Devil’s Island penal colony, will house drug kingpins and Islamist radicals, sparking outrage over colonial-era echoes.