- Robben Island, iKapa. Save. Share. Tips 4. Photos 55. Maximum Security Prison. ... You'll get your tour from a former prisoner at Robben Island. Incredible."
- In 1846 the island was turned into a leper colony. From 1961 to 1991, a maximum-security prison here held enemies of apartheid.
- Find out how to visit Robben Island, the infamous political prison off Cape Town in South Africa. Includes island history, tour details and prices.
- From the 1960s to the 1990s, the South African government used Robben Island as a maximum-security prison for political prisoners, including many who...
- Robben Island is an island prison in the waters just north of Cape Town. The most famous of its many political prisoners was Nelson Mandela.
- 1. Robben Island served as South Africa’s maximum security prison. Entrance to the High-Security Prison at Robben Island. Photo by BassanK.
- … then Mandela prison. From 1961, Robben Island becomes maximum security prison for convicts to long sentences.
- In the late 20th century, Robben Island was used as a maximum security prison for political prisoners of South Africa’s apartheid regime...
- To commemorate political prisoners who were incarcerated in Robben Island maximum-security prison during the apartheid era.