Devil's Island (Kourou) Devil's Island (Kourou) Devil's Island (French: Île du Diable) is the third-largest island of the Salvation's Islands, an island group in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately 14 km (9 mi) off the coast of French Guiana in South America just north of the town of Kourou. It has an area of 14 ha (34.6 acres). The island was a part of a controversial French penal colony located in French Guiana for 101 years, from 1852 to 1953. Although it was the smallest part of the penal colony, it is notorious for being used for internal exile of French
The Devil Makes Sunday The Devil Makes Sunday The Devil Makes Sunday is a TV play about a convict break out on Norfolk Island by Bruce Stewart, who had just written "Shadow of a Pale Horse". It was based on the real life Norfolk Island convict mutinies. It was filmed for British, US and Australian TV. It was also adapted for radio. In 1840 on Norfolk Island, convicts rise up against their guards. The play was filmed in Britain as part of "ITV Sunday Night Drama". The episode was filmed in the US as part of the "US Steel Hour". On the penal colony