Chapelle du camp de la Transportation de Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Religious building in prison camp, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.

The Chapelle du camp de la Transportation is a small chapel inside the walled Transportation Camp of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, built in 1858 for the convicts held there. Its interior walls carry painted decoration and inscriptions left by prisoners, among them the words "Goodbye mother". The building stands within the camp complex, near the other surviving structures of the penal settlement.

The chapel was built in 1858 to serve the spiritual needs of those imprisoned at the Transportation Camp. The penal facility ceased operations in 1946 following the Daladier decree, marking the end of its use as a place of confinement.

The chapel's walls carry graffiti and inscriptions left by convicts of the Transportation Camp, among them farewell messages addressed to mothers. The building also served as a place of worship for the guards and staff of the camp, so the same walls record both the faith of the administration and the marks of the transported.

The chapel can be visited as part of guided tours organized through the local tourism office that explore the entire camp complex. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water, as the grounds can be uneven and the climate is hot year-round.

The chapel is now protected as a historical monument and stands as one of the few surviving religious structures from French Guiana's penal colony network. Its preservation allows visitors to trace the human stories etched into its walls by those who passed through.