Notable inmates

Wolfram Sievers (10 July 1905 – 2 June 1948) was a Nazi and convicted war criminal for medical atrocities carried out while he was managing director (Reichsgeschäftsführer) of the Ahnenerbe from 1935–1945.

Wolf Wajsbrot (3 March 1925 – 21 February 1944) was a member of the French Resistance under the Nazi occupation.

Won Sei-hoon (born January 31, 1951) is a former South Korean public servant.

Woo Yong-gak (29 November 1929 – 7 December 2012) was a North Korean commando who was released from incarceration in South Korea on 25 February 1999. He served 40 years, 7 months and 13 days in prison as one of South Korea's unconverted long-term prisoners.

Wu Jiaxiang (simplified Chinese: 吴稼祥; traditional Chinese: 吳稼祥; pinyin: Wú Jiàxiáng; born 7 October 1955) is a Chinese scholar and writer who held various political roles in the Chinese government.

Giwar Hajabi (Kurdish: ژیوار حاجبی, romanized: Jîwar Hacibî, Central Kurdish pronunciation: ['ʒiwɑːɾ ħɑː'dʒəbiː]; 24 December 1981 – 7 May 2025), better known by his stage name Xatar, was an Iranian Kurdish-German rapper and businessman.

Xavier Dor (30 January 1929 – 4 April 2020) was a French embryologist, known for his activism against abortions.

Xavier Niel (French pronunciation: [gzavje njɛl]; born 25 August 1967) is a French billionaire businessman.

Xawery Dunikowski (Polish pronunciation: [ksaˈvɛrɨ duɲiˈkɔfskʲi]; 24 December 1875 – 26 January 1964) was a Polish sculptor and artist, notable for surviving Auschwitz concentration camp, and best known for his Neo-Romantic sculptures and Auschwitz-inspired art.

Xhevdet Doda (Serbo-Croatian: Џевдет Дода, Dževdet Doda; 1906–1945) was a Yugoslavian teacher by profession who was active in the resistance against German occupation in Kosovo during World War II.

Xia Junfeng was a street food seller in China who was convicted of murder in 2009 and executed in 2013.

Xiyue Wang (Chinese: 王夕越; pinyin: Wáng Xīyuè; born December 31, 1980) is a Chinese-American academic who was imprisoned in Iran from 2016 to 2019 after being accused of espionage. Iran released Wang in a prisoner swap between the two countries, with the U.S.

Yakov Kozalchik (Hebrew: יעקב קוזלצ'יק; 1902 – 13 June 1953) was a known Polish-Israeli strongman and professional wrestler.

Yaser Esam Hamdi (Arabic: ياسر عصام حمدي; born September 26, 1980) is a former American citizen who was captured in Afghanistan in 2001.

Yasuji Kaneko (金子 安次, Kaneko Yasuji; January 28, 1920 – November 25, 2010) was an ex-soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army, and a former detainee of both Siberian Internment by the Soviet Union during 1945–1950 and Fushun War Criminals Management Centre in China during 1950–1956.

Yōsuke Matsuoka (松岡 洋右, Matsuoka Yōsuke; March 4, 1880 – June 27, 1946) was a Japanese diplomat and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II.

Regine Yau Wai-ching (Chinese: 游蕙禎; born 6 May 1991) is a former Hong Kong politician and former member of the localist camp Youngspiration.

Ye Duyi (Chinese: 叶笃义; January 1912 – February 19, 2004) was a Chinese social activist, publisher, and politician.

Yefim Victorovich Tsetlin (Russian: Ефим Викторович Цетлин; 1898 – 22 September 1937) was a Soviet politician and an activist of the youth communist movement in the Soviet Union.

Robert Yehoshua Büchler (Hebrew: יהושע ביכלר; 1929–2009) was a Slovak-Israeli historian.