Devil's Island As American politicians embrace a continually tougher stance on crime -- demanding longer sentences and tougher conditions, in the belief that such measures will cure the problem of crime, we might want to reflect back on the toughest penal colony of all time, Devil's Island. The average American convict takes a perverse pride in having served time in a maximum-security prison. To many men it is a rite of passage, just as having …showed first 75 words of 3132 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3132 total…of the sharks that would feed on prisoners who had died. <http://www.7blueseas.com/global/images/trans.gif> <http://www.7blueseas.com/destinations/regions/southamerica/ports/devilsisland/images/im_devilsisland_104.jpg> Devil's Island is a real museum piece, and you'll have to give your imagination a workout to get a sense of how badly the prisoners would have wanted to escape from this place that invites you to stay. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------