France · Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Prison of St-Laurent-du-Maroni
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
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
- Auguste Courtois1862–1918 · decorative painter
- Lumina Sophie1848–1879 · day labourer
Lumina Sophie, called "Surprise", nickname of Marie-Philomène Roptus (November 5, 1848 â September 15, 1879) was a heroine of the 1870 revolt on the island of Martinique, a French overseas department.
- Pierre Bougrat1889–1962 · physician
Marie Bartête1863–1938 · prisonerMarie Bartête (25 February 1863 â 13 March 1938) was a French prisoner.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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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 (Q2879093)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Prison of St-Laurent-du-Maroni. Retrieved October 29, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-of-st-laurent-du-maroni
"Prison of St-Laurent-du-Maroni." World Prisons. Accessed October 29, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/prison-of-st-laurent-du-maroni.
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