- Isolation cells at the Maximum Security Prison on Robben Island in South Africa.
- 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.
- 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 a small island located in the waters just to the north of Cape Town which was used as a prison for nearly 400 years.
- It is the location of the maximum security prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 20 years alongside others who opposed the racist policies of the...
- Robben Island’s most poignant period was the late 20th century, when the facility was used as a maximum security prison for political prisoners of South...
- In 1959, a maximum-security prison started to operate on Robben Island to incarcerate both ordinary and political prisoners.
- 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.