Seven miles off the coast of French Guiana lies Bagne de Cayenne. Loosely translated to mean hot prison, Bagne de Cayenne is also known as Devil’s Island. This malaria-ridden, tiny green speck in the vast blue ocean is dotted with palm trees, infested with sandfleas and overrun with giant rats. During the time the prison was in operation, due to the extremely harsh treatment administered by the prison’s more psychopathic guards, fifty percent of the new arrivals on Devil’s Island died within the first 12 months.