▁min istry ▁Bil ba o ▁o vers aw ▁the ▁greatest ▁single ▁wave ▁of ▁in car cer ations , ▁which ▁brought ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁political ▁in m ates ▁from ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁civil ▁war ▁to ▁ 2 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁years ▁this ▁figure ▁dropped ▁stead ily ▁thanks ▁to ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁am nest ies ▁and ▁when ▁leaving ▁min istry ▁he ▁admitted ▁to ▁ 7 5 , 0 0 0 ▁political ▁prisoners . ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁thousands ▁of ▁them ▁died ▁in ▁over c row ded ▁pr isons . ▁Though ▁labor ▁cam ps ▁in ▁general ▁remained ▁under ▁the ▁military , ▁his ▁min istry ▁provided ▁jur id ical ▁assistance , ▁the ▁end ▁result ▁having ▁been ▁some ▁ 9 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁working ▁in ▁usually ▁at ro cious ▁conditions ▁in ▁pen al ▁det ach ments . ▁Br ut ality ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁shock ed ▁even ▁Heinrich ▁Him ml er . ▁ ▁Bil ba o ▁coordin ated ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁Franco ist ▁repr ess ive ▁legisl ation , ▁with ▁its ▁corner st ones ▁Ley ▁de ▁Res p ons abil idades ▁Pol ít icas ▁( 1 9 3 9 ), ▁Ley ▁de ▁Re pres ión ▁de ▁la ▁Mason er ía ▁y ▁Commun ismo ▁( 1 9 4 0 ) ▁and ▁Ley ▁de ▁Seg ur idad ▁del ▁Estado ▁( 1 9 4 1 ). ▁He ▁developed ▁appropriate ▁jur id ical