Contains administrative and prisoners' personnel files. The prisoners' files relate to such crimes as: espionage, possession of weapons, contraband, theft, forgery, robberies, rapes, illegal trade, lack of subordination to the authorities, arson, and murders. Particular files contain documents with significant details concerning a reason of for imprisonment, copies of the accusation indictment and verdict, a prisoner's health, certificates of death, correspondence, and the like. Only the Jewish prisoners' files have been microfilmed (1939-1942).