ABSTRACT
This chapter brings together the work of seven scholars from different parts of the world who draw upon archival sources to examine the decision-making processes involved in creating convict destinations and transporting prisoners to them. Using case studies from a broad range of penal colonies and military fortifications across global geographical settings – Southeast Asia, Latin America, Australia, Russia, and Japan – this chapter examines the various legal, administrative, political, cultural, and economic issues that influenced the transportation and incarceration of individuals during the second half of the eighteenth century and throughout the nineteenth. The authors compare types of penal regimes, territories identified as suitable for carceral sites, facilities used to house prisoners, the process of transporting prisoners, and the “agency” of officials, prisoners, and communities in making these determinations as well as their spatial implications.
