• 6 External links. Toggle the table of contents. Robben Island (prison). ... Former prison off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. Maximum Security Prison.
  • The prison consists of 4 H-block General Sections, a U-shaped isolation block,, a hospital, an administration section, a kitchen and a dining hall...
  • ...Island Prison - Walking Tour Introduction Cape of Storms to Come | "They were warned" Robben Island Prison - Corridor in Maximum Security Prison...
  • During World War II, the Island was used mainly as a training camp. The island was officially turned into a maximum security prison in 1961.
  • Maximum Security Prison: A tour of the Maximum Security Prison is one of the most poignant and impactful aspects of a visit to Robben Island.
  • Robben Island is a small island located in the waters just to the north of Cape Town which was used as a prison for nearly 400 years.
  • The mental torture was often just as severe as the physical. The maximum security prison on Robben Island LightRocket via Getty Images.
  • Robben Island served as a maximum-security prison during the apartheid era, where both ordinary and political prisoners were held.
  • Maximum prisons in South Africa list. 1. Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre. 2. Kokstad’s C-Max Prison. 3. The Robben Island Prison.
  • The Maximum Security Prison that would be constructed on Robben Island was to be used exclusively to imprison black male political prisoners.
  • The maximum security prison on Robben Island was known worldwide for the brutal treatment of prisoners. ... But there is more to the island than the prison.
  • Fortifications were erected during World War II , and from the mid-1960s to 1991 Robben Island served as South Africa’s maximum-security prison.
  • An inactive prison at Robben Island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa.