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… COSATU on the fingers. The other image of people behind prison bars and the words: No Christmas for 1000's of …

… passes at home would be arrested and taken directly to prison and the wife would only hear late at night or the next … just stare at them. After a week they transferred us to Pollsmoor. It was a little bit better, I can't really say … they did to Shenaaz Isaacs from Bonteheuwel. She was at Pollsmoor and they came and took her. She was all packed and …

… red letters. Inscription on the walls of a cell in women's prison in South Vietnam: "The mountain is only so high...our …

… a criminal activity, punishable by up to several years in prison. Rooted in their inherent fear of racial intermixing, … been debated, with some suggesting it may have arisen as a prison language. The language was most likely developed …

… her husband Nelson Mandela who had just been released from prison after 27 years. It was a power couple whose travails … for the abduction and murder of Seipei. He died in prison. Madikizela-Mandela denied culpability in Seipei’s … convicted of abduction and assault. A six year prison sentence was commuted to a fine on appeal. She later …

… years old, Lewin was sentenced to seven years in prison for his activities in the African Resistance Movement, … in December 1971. Bandiet Image source During his years in prison, Lewin secretly recorded his experiences and those of … London in 1974 as Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prison. Hailed as a classic of prison writing, the book …

… the trial discouraged editors from publishing reports on prison conditions. …

… in the Rand Supreme Court to an effective ten years in prison for high treason and membership of the banned African …

… itself into two with one band marching to the town’s prison to release fellow comrades in detention and the other … commit sabotage. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison. Patrick Duncan, a former member of the Liberal Party … and conspiracy to murder warders are held in Gamkaspoort prison.  June, Seven Poqo members are sentenced at a court in …

… of outstanding patriots. Many of them have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century. They, who would … the apartheid regime to spend the rest of their lives in prison. The cause for which they have been incarcerated has an importance not only beyond the prison bars, but also beyond the borders of South Africa. …

… of outstanding patriots. Many of them have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century. They, who would … the apartheid regime to spend the rest of their lives in prison. The cause for which they have been incarcerated has an importance not only beyond the prison bars, but also beyond the borders of South Africa. …

… in many of its leaders being served with relatively long prison sentences”. The PAC’s founding President Robert … In April 1966, thirty Poqo members held in the Gamkaspoort prison were accused of sabotage and conspiracy to murder … about 42 Poqo members were executed at Pretoria Central Prison between 1963 and 1968. According to some estimates, 61 …

… South Africa joined in the campaign and many ended up in prison as a result of their actions. In 1955 the apartheid … Women (FEDSAW). From 1958 onwards she moved in and out of prison and faced banning orders, while her husband was …

… over into the Orange Free State. They are shut into prison-like compounds, speaking many languages, guarded and …

… known as Isaac Makopo and Keith Mokoape in Gaborone prison. 1 October, Solomon Mahlangu arrives at the Pretoria …

… in which Africans, Indians, Coloureds and Whites went to prison in opposition to the policies of apartheid and …

… about the future with Nelson Mandela, who was still in prison by then. It also held meetings with the then exiled …

… news agencies and two official photographers to visit the prison on Robben Island where 370 men, convicted under … hardened criminals. Though Robben Island has been used as prison and a place where people were isolated, banished and … to for more than 300 years, the new maximum-security prison was established in the early 1960s. The living …

… in police custody during interrogation at the Odendaalsrus prison. A lawyer, Richard Spoor, announced that a state …

… his appeal meant that he would have to serve six years in prison. …

… of the anti-apartheid movement. [3]  When she got out of prison, she was put under house arrest and banned under the … All the woman that were sentenced were held in Barberton prison . Middleton later recalled how she and the prisoners … colleagues never suffered from these conditions. Even in prison segregation caused by the apartheid government …

… 1985, a group of White men raided the Maximum Security Prison in Middledrift and freed Charles Sebe. …

… in efforts to end Apartheid and get Nelson Mandela out of prison. He served in this post until 1989, when he left to …

… the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the Robben Island Prison. In June 1990 he retired from politics at the age of …

… arrested and imprisoned for three months. Conditions in prison were abysmal and the women, many of whom had little … women were arrested and also sent to the Pietermaritzburg Prison. Conditions in prison were abysmal and the women, many of whom had little …

… prisons. Everyone has a life story, including people in prison, and we believe it is important their story is told.” … of HMP Manchester was upbeat about the exhibition in his prison. “This exhibition shows that there are real people …

… Features. During its time it has served variously as a Prison, a Magistrates Court, a School, a Town Hall and …

… These interviews give insight into the conditions ofthe prison as well as provided names of individuals who died …

… in the Years of Apartheid was the notorious Barberton Prison. The main Prison was built in 1884, it began as a small hut and it … prisoners that served long-term sentences at Barberton prison were Helen Hendricks from Cape Town, Dorothy Dlamini …

… begins. Hani and the others are sentenced to 18 months in prison with hard labour and bail is granted at £125. While … found guilty and imprisoned at Luanda Maximum Security Prison. Forced to leave Mozambique after the Nkomati Accord … and as a result their sentences are commuted to life in prison. 1997 Baragwanath Hospital –one of the largest in the …