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The Worlds Worst Prison Exposed in Guiana Camp
Richard Halliburton recounts the Martiniere voyage carrying six hundred convicts to Devil's Island. He describes the brutal bear-pits on St Joseph, the deadly toll of evasion, and the brutal systems of Royale and Diablo islands in French Guiana, where punishment and death loom for inmates.
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la Rochelle
France
Martiniere
Devil’s Island
French Guiana
South America
Desortes
St. Laurent
Maroni River
Mortiniere
Isles of Salvation
Captain Dreyfus
Canvay
Ye St. Joseph
St. Joseph
Guiana
Ne Royale
Te du Diable
Royale
Diablo
He Royale
Bell Syndicate
WNU Yarvice
Richard Halliburton
Rudy Vallee
New York
Jackie Osterman
Vallee
Jack Benny
Benny