- 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.
- Discover the story of Robben Island known for its prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his life behind bars during the apartheid era.
- In 1959, a maximum-security prison started to operate on Robben Island to incarcerate both ordinary and political prisoners.
- The prison on Robben Island was used as a holding facility for political prisoners during the Apartheid era.
- Maximum Security Jail royalty free stock photo.
- Fortifications were erected during World War II, and from the mid-1960s to 1991 Robben Island served as South Africa's maximum-security prison.
- The Robben Island prison gate was constructed by political prisoners using stone from one of two quarries on the island where prisoners were required to labor...
- Security lookout tower and razor wire topped wall at Robben Island Museum, maximum security prison, Cape Town...
- The maximum security prison on Robben Island was known worldwide for the brutal treatment of prisoners.