- 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.
- The mental torture was often just as severe as the physical. The maximum security prison on Robben Island LightRocket via Getty Images.
- The name Robben Island is Dutch for “seal island.” Robben Island is estimated to be 3.5 km long north-south, and 2 km wide, with an area of 5.1 km².
- The Maximum Security Prison that would be constructed on Robben Island was to be used exclusively to imprison black male political prisoners.
- Robben Island has earned its place in history of being a maximum-security prison for anti-apartheid political leaders from 1961 to 1996.
- James & Paddy's Big Adventure. Tuesday, 29 November 2011. Robben Island Maximum Security Prison. Nelson Mandela's cell. It's like a prison here.
- The Prison yard where Mandela exercised and planted a small garden. Nelson Mandela's cell at the Maximum Security Prison on Robben Island, South Africa.
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