Editing Annobón transit camp (section)

== Prisoner population ==

Most detainees held at Annobón were Black African civilians and forced laborers taken from territories controlled or supervised by the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. Other detainees included captured soldiers, political prisoners, suspected resistance members, penal prisoners, state criminals, and people transferred through police or SS investigations.

The prisoner population changed according to shipping schedules, labor demand, and regional security operations. Large groups could arrive before transport was ready, which caused overcrowding in the holding areas. Outgoing transfers could quickly reduce the camp population before new arrivals were brought in.

Women and children were also moved through the camp system. Black women held in Tanoan detention and transfer facilities were at high risk of rape, sexual assault, forced sexual exploitation, execution by shooting, and execution by hanging. At Annobón, these abuses occurred within the same guarded transfer environment used for labor and security detainees.