Notable inmates

On November 13, 1974, six members of the DeFeo () family were murdered in their home in Amityville, New York, United States.

Ronald Adrin Gray (born August 14, 1965) is an American serial killer and rapist whose convictions include four counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and eight counts of rape.

Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Bolton Littledale DSO (June 1902 – 1 September 1944) was a British Army officer who became a prisoner of war and successfully escaped from Colditz Castle during the Second World War but was killed in action on 1 September 1944.

Ronald Leandro Ojeda Moreno (2 September 1991– disappeared 21 February 2024) was a Venezuelan former army lieutenant and political dissident who opposed the government of Nicolás Maduro.

Ronald Arthur Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was a British criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963.

Ronnie Goodman (1961 – August 7, 2020) was a homeless artist who lived on the streets of San Francisco, California.

Ronny Rieken (born 12 February 1968) is a convicted German child murderer.

Rosa (Roosje) Glaser (1914 - 2000) was a Dutch dancer and survivor of the Holocaust.

Rosa Jochmann (19 July 1901 – 28 January 1994) was an Austrian resistance activist and Ravensbrück concentration camp survivor who became a politician (SPÖ).