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Cayenne's Prison
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1852
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1852
Region
Cayenne
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Méhée de La Touche1762–1827 · diplomat
Jean-Claude-Hippolyte Méhée de La Touche (1762-1826) was the son of a surgeon in Meaux.
- André Ailhaud1799–1854 · politician
Henri Lafont1902–1944 · torturer
Guillaume Seznec1878–1954
Louis Ange Pitou1767–1846 · journalistLouis Ange Pitou (April 1767 in Valainville, a commune of Moléans 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Châteaudun â 8 May 1846 in Paris) was a French author and counterrevolutionary.
- Henri Charrière1906–1973 · writer
Henri Charrière (French pronunciation: [ÉÌÊi ÊaÊjÉÊ]; 16 November 1906 â 29 July 1973) was a French writer who was convicted of murder in 1931 by the French courts and pardoned in 1970.
- Léon Chautard1812–1890 · socialist
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q2879070)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Cayenne's Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cayenne-s-prison
Chicago
"Cayenne's Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cayenne-s-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-cayenne-s-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Cayenne's Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cayenne-s-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}