Notable inmates

Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, 1921 – May 2, 1960) was a convicted robber, kidnapper, serial rapist, and writer who was sentenced to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area.

Ginette Dior (2 August 1917 – 17 June 2008), better known as Catherine Dior, was a French Resistance fighter during World War II.

Catherine Evelyn Smith (April 25, 1947 – August 16, 2020), also known as Silverbag, was a Canadian backup singer, groupie, drug dealer, and legal secretary.

Cato Bontjes van Beek (German: [ˈkaːto ˈbɔnti̯əs fan ˈbeːk] ; 14 November 1920 – 5 August 1943) was a German member of the Resistance against the Nazi regime. .

Cayetano Santos Godino (31 October 1896 – 15 November 1944), also known as El Petiso Orejudo (Spanish: The Big-Eared Midget), was an Argentine serial killer and arsonist who murdered four children, attempted to kill seven others, and set fire to seven buildings, psychologically enjoying fires.

Cecilia Sala (Italian: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ˈsaːla]; born 26 July 1995) is an Italian journalist, specialized in political and war journalism, both as an author and war correspondent.

Cicely Margot Lefort (née Gordon, 30 April 1899 – February 1945) served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and in France for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War.

Ceija Stojka (23 May 1933 – 28 January 2013) was an Austrian Romani writer, painter, activist, and musician, and survivor of the Holocaust. .

Célestino Alfonso (1 May 1916, at Ituero de Azaba, Salamanca province, Spain – 21 February 1944, at Fort Mont-Valérien, France) was a Spanish republican, a volunteer in the French liberation army FTP-MOI, and a part of the resistance operation led by Missak Manouchian.

Cesario Estrada "Cesar" Chavez (; Latin American Spanish: [ˈtʃaβes]; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor unionist and political activist.

César Hinostroza (born September 11, 1956 ) is a Peruvian judge, lawyer, and fugitive who was a judge in the Peruvian Supreme Court from 2 January 2017 until his escape on July 11, 2018, in the midst of the political crisis in Peru.

From October 22 to November 1, 2018, 16 packages found to contain pipe bombs were mailed via the U.S.