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France has a long history of using islands as prisons – and not just in distant colonial outposts

By Jonathan Lewis, Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, Bangor University

Only recently have there been moves towards uncovering the full carceral pasts (and presents) of islands just off the French mainland.

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