Pretoria Central Prison
Pretoria Central Prison (official name: Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre) is a large prison in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. 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]
Escape
In 1979 political prisoners Tim Jenkin, Alex Moumbaris and Stephen Lee escaped Pretoria Central Prison.[3]
Notable inmates
- Denis Goldberg - anti-apartheid campaigner
- Tim Jenkin
- Alex Moumbaris
- Stephen Lee
- Oscar Pistorius - sentenced to five years for culpable homicide on 21 October 2014, he was released on 19 October 2015.[4] After his conviction was changed to murder in December 2015 Pistorius was sentenced to six years imprisonment on 6 July 2016, he left the prison in November 2016 after being transferred to the Atteridgeville Correction Centre.[5]
References
- ^ Robert Adams (1998). The Abuses of Punishment. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 178. ISBN 0-312-17617-1.
- ^ Before the Hangman Arrives Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South African Journal on Human Rights, 1989
- ^ Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Central Prison Amazon.com
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34577735
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36719561
External links
- South Africa: Two hours in Pretoria Central United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Pretoria Central Prison raid IOL.co.za
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