Editing Devil's Island (section)

==Aftermath==
[[File:Hutte von Dreyfus.jpg|thumb|The hut in which Dreyfus lived]]
In 1938, the French government stopped sending prisoners to Devil's Island. In 1953, the prison system was finally closed entirely.<ref name = "prison closure date"/>
Most of the prisoners at the time were repatriated to [[metropolitan France]] by [[the Salvation Army]].<ref>{{cite book|last= Larsson |first= Flora |year=1960 |title= God's Man on Devil's Island: The story of Charles Péan |series= Victory book |language= en |volume= 11 |publisher= Salvationist Publishing & Supplies |publication-date= 1960 |page= <!-- or pages= --> }}</ref> Some chose to stay and resettle in French Guiana.

In 1965, the French government transferred responsibility for most of the islands to its newly-founded [[Guiana Space Centre]] under the authority of the [[CNES|National Centre for Space Studies]]. The islands are under the trajectory of the space rockets launched eastward from the CNES facility toward the sea (to [[geostationary orbit]]). They must be evacuated during each launch. The islands host a variety of measurement apparatus for space launches<ref>[http://www.cnes.fr/automne_modules_files/standard/public/p3918_bbd6aa829540770aab6815bfefb27794DP_Iles_du_salut.pdf "Iles du salut"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516105702/http://www.cnes.fr/automne_modules_files/standard/public/p3918_bbd6aa829540770aab6815bfefb27794DP_Iles_du_salut.pdf |date=16 May 2011 }},'' Dossier de presse Îles du Salut'', CNES</ref> and some buildings classified as historical monuments have been restored. 

Since the late 20th century, the islands have become tourist destinations with areas of the former prisons open for tours. With the addition of tourism facilities, the islands receive more than 50,000&nbsp;tourists each year.<ref name="CNES">[http://www.cnes.fr/web/3918-les-iles-du-salut.php "Les Îles du Salut"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604164649/http://www.cnes.fr/web/3918-les-iles-du-salut.php |date=4 June 2008 }}, CNES website</ref>