Caransebeș Prison
The Caransebeș Prison was a prison in Caransebeș, Romania. The prison was built in 1911–1913, under Austria-Hungary, with a capacity of 500. Built of stone and brick in a U-shape, it had thick walls. The ground floor contained housing for the guards, a visiting area and workrooms. An infirmary, a small library, a barbershop and the warden's apartment were on the first upper floor. The cells were on the three upper floors, with three to thirty beds, usually bunked. The storerooms were in the basement. There were two yards, one for walks and the other for gardening, electricity and showers on the ground floor. Common criminals, thieves and murderers, were held there until 1941. That year, under the Ion Antonescu regime, those accused of communist activity and espionage began to be sent there. There were around 150–200 prisoners belonging to this category, part of them previously held at Doftana Prison, which collapsed in the 1940 Vrancea earthquake. Until the 1944 coup, prisoners included Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Chivu Stoica, Miron Constantinescu, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Alexandru Drăghici, Ion Vincze, Emil Bodnăraș, Teohari Georgescu, Iosif Chișinevschi, Ana Pauker, Gheorghe Pintilie, , and Pavel Câmpeanu. The future politburo of the Romanian Communist Party, aside from Lucrețiu