penal colony

noun

: a place where prisoners are sent to live

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The presiding judge had decided Spector should now serve an overall 15-year sentence in a maximum-security penal colony as punishment for both cases on Tuesday, reported TASS, a Russian state news agency. —

Anastasia Bagaeva, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024 Gordon Black, 34, will serve three years and nine months in a Russian penal colony for theft and threats of murder charges alleged by his girlfriend, Alexandra Vashchuk. —

Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 19 June 2024 Brittney was detained in a Russian penal colony for nearly 10 months before being released through a prisoner swap. —

Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024 Alexei Navalny, who died in February in a Russian penal colony, was murdered, directly or indirectly, by Russia’s thuggish, corrupt President Vladimir Putin. —

Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for penal colony