Put Your Hands Down is the debut studio album of Penal Colony, released in February 1994 by Cleopatra Records.

[3][4] Factsheet Five compared the music of Put Your Hands Down favorably to Hate Dept.

"[5] Industrialnation said "Penal Colony have already left several veteran bands in the dust" and "this music is for thos who like their music angst-ridden and dark, with a live feel.

"[6] All tracks are written by Jason Hubbard, Dee Madden, Andy Shaw and Chris Shinkus, except "Warsaw" by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard SumnerAdapted from the Put Your Hands Down liner notes.

[7] Penal Colony Additional musicians Production and design