Statistics of Brigade 2506 Prisoners
sentenced in Cuba on April 7, 1962
Compiled by Antonio de la Cova

Civil Status:

single                538
married             577
divorced             35
concubine             3
no data available 27

Age Group:

17-20    188
21-25    314
26-30    253
31-35    209
36-40    112
41-45      55
46-50      26
51-55      15
56-59        4
no data      4

Education:

Only four persons were illiterate. Their professions were: cook, fisherman, merchant marine, soldier.

Provincial population:

Pinar del Rio        86
La Habana         611
(Isla de Pinos)        5
Matanzas             78
Las Villas           154
Camaguey            90
Oriente               144
no data                   4

Foreigners:

Spain                 6
United States     1
Puerto Rico       1
 

Income Status:

Upper Income
Accountants 25 Financiers 4
Actors 1 Geologists 1
Advertising Managers 1 Hospital Administrators 1
Artists 2 Lawyers 17
Bacteriologists 1 Pharmacists 2
Bankers 5 Pilots 2
Businessmen  54 Poultry Growers 1
Cattle Ranchers 9 Proprietors 2
Casino Owners 1 Publicists
Contractors 6 Realtors 1
Correspondents 2 Sculptors  1
Decorators 1 Surgeons 1
Dentists 1 Surveyors 1
Designers 2 Technicians, IBM 1
Doctors 6                     Laboratory 1
Draftsmen 2                     Metallurgical 1
Economists 1  Writers 1
Engineers,  Agricultural 2
                 Chemical 2
                 Civil 2
                 Electrical 2
                 Mining 1
   TOTAL: 173

Middle Income

Aircraft Mechanics 8 Managers, store 1
Baseball payers 3                  restaurant 1
Croupiers 6 Radio Broadcasters 1
Clothiers 1 Radio Repairmen
Commercial Artists 1 Radio Operators 2
Employees, Airport 2 Refrigeration Technicians
                   Bank 5 Salesmen, Automobile 5
                   Casino 1                  Auto parts 1
                   Commercial 4                   General 24
                   Government 4                   Insurance 6
                   Hotel 1                  Traveling 10
                   Office 6 Sea divers 1
Jewelers 1 Shop owners
Legal Clerks 3 Sugar Planters 4
Bookkeepers 2 Tabulators 1
Machinists 1 Teachers 10 
Musicians 1 Television cameraman 1
Photographers 3 Television repairmen 1
Private investigators 1 Typists 1
Priests 3 Typographers 3
Protestant Ministers 1 Students* 228
Total 356
(* Students were composed of all social classes)
 
 

Lower Middle Income

Automobile mechanics  21 Gas stove repairmen 1
Bakers 1 Gunsmiths 1
Bartenders 2 Inspectors, business 1
Bulldozer operators 1                   custom 3
Butchers 5                   public works 1
Carpenters 10 Luggage makers 1
Cashiers 1 Plumbers 2
Chapistas2 1 Projectionists 1
Court Messengers 2 Silversmiths 1
Dry cleaners 2 Stonecutters 1
Dye works Textile workers 1
Electricians 6 Watch repairmen 1
Empleados3 197 Welders 12
Fumigators 1
Total 266
2Auto body repairmen
3Shop Assistants
 


Lower Income

Barbers 4 Meter readers 2
Brick layers 11 Milkmen 1
Bus drivers 5 Peasants 3
Candy makers 3 Policemen 4
Carwash attendants 1 Polishers 1
Chauffeurs 29 Restaurant employees 23
Cigar rollers 1 Sailors 4
Cobblers 4 Soldiers 128
Cooks 5 Sidewalk vendors 2
Doormen 1 Stevadores 2
Farmers 18 Stokers 1
Fisherman 10 Sugarmill foreman 3
Gardeners 1 Sugarmill laborers 9
Grocery clerks 1 Swimming instructors 1
House painters 8 Taxi drivers 6
Jacks -of-all trades 2 Tile workers 1
Laborers 27 Tinkers 1
Matchstick makers 1 Truck drivers 5
Merchant marines 29 Watchman 3
Total 361
4Including defectors of the revolutionary army.
 
No data                   14
Complete Total   1180