On occasion, however, a particularly notorious inmate may be sent there for "protective custody;" that is to say, to prevent him from being attacked by other inmates (all of whom are male).

Among the more notorious inmates now at the prison is Charles Manson, who was convicted of the Tate-LaBianca murders.

When more than one notorious inmate is on the block, the unlucky one gets a lesser room down the hall: a cell with a slot in the door and no view of the guard booth.

And that was how she ended up driving to Pretoria Central Prison one day in 1997 to meet Mr. de Kock, one of the country's most notorious inmates.

One of the most notorious inmates there, until his death by natural causes on May 29, 2007, was Posteal Laskey, the Cincinnati Strangler.

The site claims to avoid 'shock media' and notorious inmates and has pulled and denied inmate profiles to avoid sensationalism.

Unfailingly pragmatic, Mr. Carter has a unique view of one of Clinton's most notorious inmates, David Berkowitz, who required round-the-clock guard during Mr. Carter's last year in the prison.

Nine years into a 144-year jail sentence for assorted charges, including felony escape and embezzlement, Russell is one of the Michael Unit's most notorious and closely guarded inmates.

Lattimer was assigned to the prisoner's barracks at Nuremberg in the spring of 1945, where notorious inmates like Hermann Göring were housed during their war crimes trial.

Like any major prison, Fresnes has had its share of famous and notorious inmates.