Pretoria Central Prison

Pretoria Central Prison (official name: Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre) is a large prison in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, operated by the South African Department of Correctional Services. The prison was the official site of capital punishment in South Africa during the apartheid era. Condemned prisoners were held in a section of the prison called "The Pot".[1] It further held white political prisoners, separated from black political prisoners who were held in Robben Island.

At one time, the prison gallows could hang up to 7 people at a time.[2]

Composition

The remand centre is in the front of the facility; it was often mistaken as the death row by the public. The supermax, the former actual death row, is in the centre of the facility, on the lee of a hill.[3]

Escape

In 1979 political prisoners Tim Jenkin, Alex Moumbaris and Stephen Lee escaped Pretoria Central Prison.[4]

Notable inmates


References

  1. ↑ Robert Adams (1998). The Abuses of Punishment. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 178. ISBN 0-312-17617-1.
  2. ↑ "Before the Hangman Arrives". Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South African Journal on Human Rights. 1989.
  3. ↑ Ritchie, Kevin (2011-12-12). "Inside SA's factory of death". IOL. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  4. ↑ Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Central Prison Amazon.com
  5. ↑ "Pistorius released under house arrest". 20 October 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Pistorius sentenced to six years in jail". 6 July 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

Coordinates: 25°45′40″S 28°10′54″E / 25.7612°S 28.1816°E / -25.7612; 28.1816

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