C Max

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This article is about a prison in South Africa. For the Ford Focus C-MAX MPV, see Ford Focus C-MAX.

C Max is a maximum security prison located in Pretoria, South Africa. It is run by the South African Ministry of Correctional Services.

The prison is specifically designed for violent and disruptive prisoners who have been classified as dangerous in terms of the South African Criminal Procedure Act. Prisoners are kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours of each day out and specialized equipment, such as electric shields, are used by the prison guards.

The prison consists of two rows of fifty cells each and is located within the larger Pretoria Central Prison.

In November 2006, Annanias Mathe became the first person to escape from C Max. Mathe, who has extensive military training gained during Mozambique's civil war, is reported to have escaped by covering his body in Vaseline and squeezing through his tiny cell window (20cm by 60cm). Mathe had been detained on more than 50 charges, including murder, rape, armed robbery and hijacking.[1] He was recaptured two weeks after his escape following a large manhunt.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC News. S Africa manhunt after jailbreak. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.
  2. ^ BBC News. S Africa's 'most-wanted' caught. Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
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