The remand prison Magdeburg-Neustadt was a key instrument of political repression and persecution in the Magdeburg district. The author's integration of research approaches from gender studies with those of social and cultural history opens up new questions and analytical levels that go beyond the institutional historical approach of previous research on the remand custody of the Stasi. This volume is the beginning of the series "Studies on the History and Culture of Central Germany," in which the editors from the universities of Magdeburg, Halle, and Jena publish outstanding research works.