It became a center of indoctrination for Romanian Communist Party cadres, among them Olga Bancic and Liuba Chișinevschi [ro]; at one point, they wrote a letter protesting against conditions.
Ana Pauker spent time at Dumbrăveni, where she was allowed visits from fellow detainees, with whom she would hold long conversations; a woman came every day to prepare her food.
Rigorous nighttime inspections were common, medical care nearly non-existent and hygiene consisted of a short weekly shower.
Three women caught up in the Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu case spent over a year at Dumbrăveni: his widow Elena, Victoria Sîrbu and Lena Constante.
[7] Several guards were punished after it was learned that they had maintained sexual relations with female detainees and, in violation of regulations, allowed them letters from their families.