- ...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.
- From 1961, Robben Island was used by the South African government as a prison for political prisoners and convicted criminals.
- Isolation cells at the Maximum Security Prison on Robben Island in South Africa.
- From the 1960s to the 1990s, the South African government used Robben Island as a maximum-security prison for political prisoners, including many who...
- See 55 photos and 4 tips from 467 visitors to Maximum Security Prison.
- After the bus tour, the guide will lead you to the maximum security prison where more than 3,000 political prisoners were held from 1960 to 1991.
- 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 prison on Robben Island was used as a holding facility for political prisoners during the Apartheid era.
- In 1959, a maximum-security prison started to operate on Robben Island to incarcerate both ordinary and political prisoners.