Penal transportation
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This article is about relocation as a punishment. For prisoner relocation for other reasons, see Prisoner transport.
For other uses, see Transportation (disambiguation).
Penal transportation was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination. While the prisoners may have been released once the sentences were served, they generally did not have the resources to return home.