• 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...
  • Robben Island is renowned for its use as a Maximum Security Prison (MSP) during the Apartheid era of South Africa’s history yet less is known of the Island’s...
  • However, it was during the apartheid era that Robben Island gained significant notoriety as a maximum-security prison for political prisoners.
  • Robben Island Prison is an inactive prison on Robben Island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Life inside robben island maximum security prison. A typical day in the prison saw many inmates forced to do labour work in the island’s...
  • The Maximum Security Prison, located on Robben Island, Cape Town, is the legendary prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.
  • Robben Island Prison - Entrance to Maximum Security Prison.
  • Patients were quarantined on part of the island, while the other part was used as a prison. During World War II, the Island was used mainly as a training camp.
  • The Maximum Security Prison that would be constructed on Robben Island was to be used exclusively to imprison black male political prisoners.
  • The offshore Maximum Security Prison of Robben Island, a mile from the commercial Waterfront area, was a key site in the struggle to oppose apartheid and...
  • For example, a cell measuring fifty-six square feet in Pollsmoor maximum security prison houses three inmates, barely leaving enough room for them to spread...
  • Robben Island, a desolate outcropping five miles offshore, is a testament to courage and fortitude in the face of brutality, a must-see for any visitor to South Africa.
  • ...the maximum security prison buildings, the tour includes a 45 minute guided bus ride around the island and interaction with a former Robben Island prisoner.