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… Republic of Congo, is shot trying to escape from prison. …

… strike at Robben Island, the country’s highest-security prison, to demand th …

… government. Subsequently, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. After being convicted, he was transported to Pretoria Prison where he was joined by other PAC political prisoners. … en route to Robben Island . The truck stopped at Colesberg Prison where they slept chained to one another. He arrived on …

… and Raymond Thoms. Schoon spent 12 years at Pretoria Local Prison for his part in the bomb attempt. Schoon’s father, a … of the National Party , protested his son’s treatment in prison and resigned to join the Progressive Federal Party . While Schoon was in prison his first wife, Diana, committed suicide but he was …

… twelve years. After her sentence, she was sent to Pretoria Prison where she was the given prison number: V4203, and placed on death row. On 26 June, … to appeal against their death sentences. While she was in prison, many attempts were made to improve her situation as …

… Narainsamy Pillay took the family in, but he too went to prison for political activities and they were homeless again. … Veerammal volunteered, fully aware of the difficulties of prison life. She was pregnant at that time and she took her … labour under dreadful conditions in the Pietermaritzburg prison. She gave birth to a son, Mithalin, the day after she …

… for three days. Thompson was transferred to the Fort Prison in Johannesburg on 5 April where he was placed with … May and daughter Gwen were finally permitted to see him in prison on 20 April 1960. Shortly afterwards White prisoners at the Fort Prison were relocated to Pretoria Local Prison. In contrast …

… in 1964 to seven years and incarcerated in Pretoria Prison.  Thereafter he was transferred to Leeuwkop Prison where he met Henry Makgothi , Wilson Mkwayi and … to Lenyenye under a banning order for two years. In prison, they were brutally treated and subjected to harsh …

… in June 1973, which he would serve in the Pretoria Local Prison. In 1979 Moumbaris, Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee escaped from prison. …

… the 1960 state of emergency and imprisoned at both Fort Prison in Johannesburg and Pretoria Central Prison for almost six months. In 1961 he joined the ANC’s … a result of this incident and sent to the Marshall Square Prison in Johannesburg, where he met other MK members Reggie …

… Inkosi Sigananda surrendered and was immediately placed in prison. During his short imprisonment, Inkosi Sigananda … body was unable to adapt to the changed circumstances of prison and he died in June 1906 in the Inkandla jail. …

… (see  Sharpeville Massacre ) and sentenced to 3 years in prison, which was immediately followed by a period of … on Robben Island. In 1972 he was transferred to Harrismith Prison in the Free State. In June 1972 he was released, …

… 37/1919. In 1913, Seshammal, a toddler, had been in prison with her mother in Pietermaritzburg. Thayanayagie and … to a month in jail, and taken to Pietermartizburg Prison, the same prison in which Thayanayagie’s mother and Seshammal had been …

… and distributed the occasional jornal APDUSA. Whilst in prison, his fellow political prisoners asked him to draft a petition against the authorities, which the prison authorities regarded as treason. He appeared before the prison department and was held for six months in isolation. …

… Justice W.G. Boshoff imposes prison sentences ranging from five to fifteen years on six …

… a Belgian-born radio journalist to twelve years in prison for broadcasts tha …

… year old Valliamma Mudaliar dies of a fever contracted in prison while taking part in the Indian passive resistance. …

… years’ imprisonment in 1986 for treason, is released from prison followi …

… This year’s 46664 concert, named after Mandela’s prison number under apartheid, highlights the plight of women …