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== Anime and Manga ==
* Hecatonchires in ''[[Outlaw Star]]''
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Lutecia]] gets sent to a prison planet after the events of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]''. [[Luxury Prison Suite|Though it's a very nice prison planet]] (the Takamachi family ''takes a vacation there'' in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid|ViVid]]''), which led to this exchange between her and a visiting [[Playing with Fire|Agito]] in ''[[Striker SStrikerS Sound Stage X]]''.
{{quote|'''Agito:''' You know, this place is really great.
'''Lutecia''': You mean you can't see that it's a criminal deportation world?
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* ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]] '' had Cygnus Alpha.
* The ''[[Space: 1999]]'' episode "Devil's Moon" had a prison moon.
* Kirk made Ceti Alpha V into a prison planet for Khan in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "[[Star Trek/Recap/S1/E22 Space Seed|Space Seed]]". That episode become the basis for ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]''.
** A penal colony in New Zealand was shown in the pilot ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' episode, where Tom Paris was put after his "pilot error".
** The ''Whom Gods Destroy'' episode of the Original Series centres around a penal colony for the criminally insane, the Elba II asylum.
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* The heroes of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' seem to wind up in these with alarming frequency.
** One of these was a world where the gate had no dialing device, although, if you happen to find a power source, you can just dial manually.
* ''[[Buck Rogers in Thethe 25th Century]]'' had Buck visit a world which seemed at first like a charming pastoral community. Then you find out that they aren't this low-tech voluntarily...
 
 
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== Tabletop Games ==
* [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] has Penal Colonies, most of which have a toxic atmosphere. Some are used for mining others are just used to hold the people. They are also used for recruitment into Penal Legions which are sent on missions too dangerous for normal troopers or ones which need the people who did it to be executed afterwords.
 
 
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