first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony n
a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
ex-convicts
(ex-convict 的复数) n. 前罪犯, 有前科者[法] 前科犯
prison of convicts
[法] 已决罪犯的监禁
reconvicts
v. 再判决, 重新判决(reconvict的第三人称单数形式)