点评:A penal colony was setup to populate Ushuaia as the Argentine lookout at the border.. Around 1920 there where approx 500 city members against the same: 500 second offenders who where banned from society.. Most of the city members worked in or around the prison. This prison and the preserved 12km trainrail to get them to cut trees and transport the wood back are a living testimonial how outcasts were used to provide free labour for the benefit of society. It is remarkably registered in the museum also in English. There are multiple tours well worth to attend (use lifestream translation if required). And.. do not forget to lock yourself in one of the icecold cells for a minute or 2 in wing 2. They are preserved as is when the prison closed down in 1947.. It gave me the cold shivers! Built for 300 inmates, brick by brick by the prisoners themselves from 1902 up to 1920, in primetime it hold 600+ in jail.. I have been there 3 times this holiday. For people who search a paralel movie that gets a bit in the same spirit: Alien3. Do most certainly not miss this if you visit ushuaia!!! Martin
翻译:为了把乌斯怀亚发展成边境要地,阿根廷在此设立了罪犯流放地。1920年左右,城里的居民约有500人,而与此同时还有500名二次犯罪者被驱逐出社会、流放到此地。大多数居民都在监狱内或监狱周边工作。这座监狱,以及至今仍保存完好的12公里长铁路——当年正是靠这条铁路运送囚犯去伐木并把木材运回城里——都是活生生的见证:它们证明了社会是如何利用这些被排斥者来提供免费劳动力以谋取利益的。这座博物馆的介绍文字也有英文版,记载得相当详细。这里有好几场非常值得参加的导览活动(如需的话可使用直播翻译功能)。还有……千万别忘了去2号区,把自己关进那些冰冷的牢房里待上一两分钟。这些牢房至今仍保持着1947年监狱关闭时的原貌……真让我不寒而栗啊!这座监狱从1902年建到1920年,砖块全由囚犯们亲手砌成,原本设计容量为300人,可鼎盛时期关押的犯人竟超过600名……这个假期我已经去了三次了。对于那些想找一部风格相近的类似电影的人:《异形3》。如果你前往乌斯怀亚,绝对不要错过这部电影!!! Martin