”The guards were not particularly vigilant. At the start of the day, they first opened all cell doors, and then yelled from the end of the hallway: Cell number..., come out for your routine,  and so on, for the entire floor. When it was time to close the doors, the guard did not even bother checking every cell, but yelled after an inmate going into his cell:  Hey, you, lock cell number…

 

That is when we had the chance to exchange information between cells.

 

The following day, during the morning or evening routine, we each came back to our cells full of news from the newly arrested who arrived at Pitești prison.”

Octavian Voinea

 

 

”In terms of structure of resistance, it was a prison built with concrete pillars and beams. In terms of geometry, its shape was similar to the letter T, the head of the T housing offices and the medical unit, including Room 4 hospital […] The empty space between floors was secured by wire net in order to prevent suicide attempts. Some had committed suicide because of the harsh conditions.”

Gheorghe Stănică

 

 

DIRECTORS AND COMMANDERS OF PITEȘTI PENITENTIARY:

Victor Stănescu 1944-1946

Alexandru Dumitrescu 1946-1951

Anton Kovacs 1951-1953

Victor Savu 1953-1954

Petre Mîndreş 1954-1956

Ştefan Ivaşcu 1956-1958

Sebastian Cârstoiu 1958-1961

Mihai Toma 1961-1977