There was a penal Colony (prison colony) near Kaulana Bay on Kahoolawe Island beginning around the 1830s.
The colony was shut down in the 1850s after the law that established it was repealed.
RELATED RESOURCES:
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Introduction to the Island of Kahoolawe
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Other Islands of Hawaii
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Hawaii Resources for Visitors and Residents
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