- 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.
- 1. Robben Island served as South Africa’s maximum security prison. Entrance to the High-Security Prison at Robben Island. Photo by BassanK.
- An inactive prison at Robben Island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa.
- 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.
- Robben Island has earned its place in history of being a maximum-security prison for anti-apartheid political leaders from 1961 to 1996.
- Fortifications were erected during World War II , and from the mid-1960s to 1991 Robben Island served as South Africa’s maximum-security prison.
- Maximum security prison is an inactive prison at robben island in table bay, 6.9 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of the coast of bloubergstrand, cape town...
- … then Mandela prison. From 1961, Robben Island becomes maximum security prison for convicts to long sentences.
- After that, three former inmates of this prison Nelson Mandela, Kgalema Motlanthe, and Jacob Zuma have gone on to become President of South Africa.