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The prison was built between 1888 and 1895 in the northeastern part of the city. Initially used for pre-trial detention, it had a capacity of 87 to 139 people, depending on how much space each was allocated. Eventually, prisoners with sentences of up to six months were also sent there. The brick
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18:Târgu Jiu internment camp
60:Romanian Communist Party
126:only common criminals.
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229:(1945–1967)
225:Prisons in
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104:Nazi German
447:Categories
432:Târgu Ocna
345:Lead mines
330:Dumbrăveni
242:Caransebeș
155:References
123:Securitate
54:Under the
34:Bessarabia
458:Târgu Jiu
396:Văcărești
364:Wallachia
294:Târgu Jiu
247:Timișoara
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112:1944 coup
22:Târgu Jiu
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335:Făgăraș
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