Rand Paul on Kentucky Coal

Penal Colony/Jail

Back when "Devil's Island" was created we didn't have the long distance air planes we have now. What's wrong with my idea for the US to buy an island in the Pacific and put "the worst of the worst" there without guards etc. but provide some shelter, and airlift and drop basic supplies from time to time? The inhabitants could sort out their own problems and order their little "society" however they want it. Satellites could monitor the population and the escapees could be airlifted some anvils for ballast on their raft. Just a thought, but I don't really see the down-side from an economic point of view.